Patent ID: 8551145

Claim:
An anterior vertebra fixation device comprising: an elongated plate including an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface, a first side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface, a second side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface, the second side surface being opposite the first side surface, a first end surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface and between the first side surface and the second side surface, and a second end surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface and between the first side surface and the second side surface, the second end surface being opposite the first end surface, wherein the inner surface is curved and is concave, wherein the plate includes a first section on one side of a plane transverse to the inner surface, the outer surface, the first side surface and the second side surface, the first section terminating in the first end surface, wherein the plate includes a second section on an opposite side of the plane, the second section terminating in the second end surface, and wherein the first section is twisted in a first direction in relation to the plane and the second section is twisted in a second direction in relation to the plane, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and wherein the first section and the second section meet at the plane, and wherein twisting in the first section begins at the plane and twisting in the second section begins at the plane.