Patent ID: 8679165
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A cervical plate system for creating a fusion between a first cervical vertebra and a second cervical vertebra the first cervical vertebra being in a cephaldad relation to the second cervical vertebra, the system comprising: a cervical plate comprising: at least one graft that adapted for positioning between the concave side of the curved plate and between the first cervical vertebra and the second cervical vertebra, so that that divergence of the screw of a first screw length from the screw of a second screw length plate causes compression of the graft between the first and second vertebra when the screw of a first screw length is fastened through the aperture on the first end of the cervical plate and the screw of a second screw length is fastened through the aperture on the second end of the cervical plate.