Patent ID: 8372152

Claim:
An implant plate system comprising: at least one screw; a one-piece integral plate member having a plurality of apertures, each of said plurality of apertures being capable of receiving said at least one screw; and a plurality of resilient stop members defined by at least one cut-out portion, channel or area, each of said plurality of resilient stop members having a first end monolithically and integrally formed in said one-piece integral plate member and a resilient portion operatively associated with at least one of said plurality of apertures, said at least one screw comprising a head having a generally radial first surface and a second surface that is generally parallel to an axis of said at least one screw, said generally radial first surface and said second surface being integral and monolithically formed in said at least one screw, said second surface having a receiving area; said resilient portion having a first portion and a second portion both of which are monolithic and integral with said resilient portion, said first portion and said second portion cooperating with said generally radial first surface and said second surface, respectively, of said at least one screw to facilitate preventing said at least one screw from moving in a rotational direction and an axial direction; said first portion of each of said plurality of resilient stop members becoming associated with said generally radial first surface to provide an axial movement preventer or stop and said second portion being received in said receiving area of said second surface to prevent rotational movement of said at least one screw in at least one direction.