Patent ID: 7776070

Claim:
An occipital plating system, comprising: a housing portion including a plate body extending along a medial-lateral axis between opposite sides and a passage extending into said plate body from at least one of said sides; first and second wing portions extending from respective ones of said opposite sides, said first and second wing portions each including a receiving member adjacent an end thereof for receiving an elongate connecting element, wherein both of said wing portions includes a portion that is movably received in said passage and is movable along said medial-lateral axis toward and away from said respective opposite side of said housing portion; a clamping assembly operable to clampingly engage said housing portion to said at least one wing portion to secure said wing portions in position relative to said housing portion, wherein said first and second wing portions each include: a telescoping portion movably received in said passage of said housing portion; a mounting portion extending in a direction transversely to said medial-lateral axis; and a corner portion extending between said telescoping portion and said mounting portion.