Patent ID: 8142484

Claim:
A vertebral fixation plate assembly for insertion into the resection site between two vertebrae of a patient's vertebral column and fixation to front or lateral side of the two adjacent vertebral bodies above and below the resection site, the vertebral fixation plate assembly comprising: a fixation plate, said fixation plate having an opening on a middle part thereof and a plurality of holes at two distal ends thereof; a plurality of bone screws inserted through the holes of said fixation plate for affixing said fixation plate to a patient's vertebral column; a cage, said cage having a cage body mounted in said opening of said fixation plate, said cage body having a plurality of fusion holes cut through the periphery thereof for bone fusion and growth; and a link connected between two said bone screws at two sides of said opening of said fixation plate to hold down said cage; wherein each said bone screw to which said link is connected has a longitudinal crevice in a head thereof for receiving one end of said link, and holding down means fastened to the head to hold down the corresponding end of said link.