Patent ID: 8414594

Claim:
Combination of a bone plate and a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw, comprising: a bone plate having at least one screw-in opening; a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw; a device for releasably securing said magazine to the bone plate; a receiving chamber extending continuously from an upper side to an underside of said magazine, a bone screw being arranged in said receiving chamber in such a way that when said magazine is secured to said bone plate, the distal tip of said bone screw is directed at a corresponding one of the at least one screw-in opening in said bone plate, a proximal end of said bone screw being accessible to a screwing-in tool from the upper side of said magazine; and a fixing device for releasably fixing said bone screw in said receiving chamber, the fixing device comprising at least one elastic latching projection and at least one latching recess cooperating with the at least one elastic latching projection.