Patent ID: 8740953

Claim:
An occipital plate, comprising: a base plate having: an elongated central section with a midline; and a first section and a second section projecting laterally outward in opposite directions from the midline of the base plate, wherein the first section comprises a slot; and an attachment assembly having: a slide member having a pair of opposing flanges projecting therefrom configured to engage and move along the slot of the first section; and a post coupled to the slide member, wherein the post has a channel defined by a pair of opposing spaced-apart sidewalls extending therethrough; wherein the channel is configured to receive a rod therein along an axis of the channel; wherein the axis of the channel is rotationally offset from an axis extending centrally through each of the pair of opposing flanges; wherein the attachment assembly is configured to self-align or essentially self-align with the rod as the rod is received in the channel of the post of the attachment assembly.