Patent ID: 8147529

Claim:
A vertebral stabilization device comprising: an elongate, rectangular plate, the plate having an anterior side, a posterior side, a distal end, and a proximal end, the plate further comprising a first aperture at the distal end, a second aperture at the proximal end, a first elongate channel, and a second elongate channel, the first and second channels being substantially parallel, equal in length, and extending along the plate between the first and second apertures; a first attachment cross link having an elongate rectangular body, the first attachment cross link having a third aperture and a fourth aperture, the third and fourth apertures aligned with the first and second channels when the first attachment cross link is placed on the anterior side of the plate, wherein the first attachment cross link can move relative to the plate; and a first spacer cross link having an elongate rectangular body having a fifth aperture and a sixth aperture, the fifth and sixth apertures aligned with the first and second channels when the first spacer cross link is placed on the anterior side of the plate, wherein the first spacer cross link attached to the plate by fifth and sixth fasteners passing through the fifth and sixth apertures and engaging the first and second channels, respectively, wherein the first spacer cross link does not move relative to the plate and limits movement of the first attachment cross link relative to the plate.