Patent ID: 6193721
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
An anterior cervical plate for engaging at least two vertebral bodies of a human cervical spine along the anterior aspect of the spine, said plate having a lower surface for contacting the cervical vertebral bodies and an upper surface opposite to said lower surface, said plate having a plurality of bone screw receiving holes extending through said plate from said upper surface to said lower surface, at least a first and second of said bone screw receiving holes being associated with a first of the cervical vertebral bodies, and a recess associated with said at least first and second of said bone screw receiving holes, said recess having a configuration for retaining a locking element for locking at least two bone screws in said at least first and second bone screw receiving holes, the central longitudinal axis of said recess being offset from a transverse line passing through the central longitudinal axes of said first and second bone screw receiving holes.