Patent ID: 8636779

Claim:
A spine plate comprising: a plate having a body defining a posterior side, an anterior side, a first end and a second end; a first bone screw bore at the first end of the plate; a monolithically formed first lip on the body of the plate and defining the first bone screw bore and located adjacent the anterior side to form a first undercut facing the posterior side, the first undercut configured to contact a first bone screw to retain the first bone screw at a first determinative position relative to the body in a snap engagement directly between the first lip on the spine plate and the first bone screw, wherein the first lip and first undercut allow angular movement of the first bone screw; a second bone screw bore at the second end of the plate; a monolithically formed second lip on the body of the plate and defining the second bone screw bore and located adjacent the anterior side to form a second undercut facing the posterior side, the second undercut configured to contact a second bone screw to retain the second bone screw at a second determinative position relative to the body in a snap engagement directly between the second lip on the plate and the second bone screw, wherein the second lip and the second undercut allow angular movement of the second bone screw.