Patent ID: 7963980

Claim:
A vertebral plate system, comprising: a frame having a superior end and an inferior end; two bone screw bores disposed at said superior end of said frame; three bone screw bores disposed at said inferior end of said frame in a triangular configuration with at least one of said three bone screw bores being disposed on a longitudinal axis of symmetry of said frame; two variable angle bone screws disposed within said two bone screw bores at said superior end of said frame; three locking bone screws disposed within said three bone screw bores at said inferior end of said frame, whereby said superior end of said frame is dynamic and said inferior end of said frame is fixed; at least one viewing window disposed within an interior of said frame; a plurality of notches formed on said inferior end of said frame, said notches being adapted to receive a positioning device; at least one temporary pin hole positioned at said superior end of said frame; and at least one temporary pin hole positioned at the inferior end of the frame.