Patent ID: 8702765

Claim:
A cervical plating system for fixedly connecting two or more vertebrae to each other, comprising: a cervical plate having a fastening hole, the fastening hole penetrating the cervical plate; a fastening screw fitted into the fastening hole in the cervical plate; and a screw locking member disposed in a recess formed in the cervical plate, the screw locking member being in a form of a plate, wherein the screw locking member is rotatable along a circumference of the fastening hole between a first position, in which the screw locking member remains inside the recess to open the fastening hole, and a second position, in which the screw locking member protrudes toward the fastening hole to at least partially close the fastening hole, the first and second positions being positioned at a same level with respect to an upper surface of the cervical plate.