Patent ID: 7875033

Claim:
A distractor comprising: a first bone plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of bores extending therethrough for receiving a plurality of bone screws, wherein the bottom surface of the first bone plate is elongate along a first plane; a second bone plate comprising a first-side bone plate and second-side bone plate, the first-side and second-side bone plates each having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of bores extending therethrough for receiving a plurality of bone screws, wherein the bottom surfaces of the first-side and second-side bone plates can each be elongate along planes angularly offset with respect to the first plane; a housing including a first housing member and a second housing member, wherein the first housing member is sized and configured to engage the first bone plate, the second housing member defines an elongate slot configured to receive a portion of the second bone plate therein, and the first housing member is pivotally coupled to the second housing member such that the second housing member can move along a plane that is angularly offset with respect to the first plane; and an activation screw configured to extend at least partially into the elongate slot, such that activation screw urges the second bone plate to translate within the elongate slot in a direction away from the first bone plate.