Anterior cervical plating system and associated method
US6599290B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/8042
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An anterior cervical plating system for securing multiple bone segments relative to each other includes a plate member having multiple pairs of nodes. Each node defines a bone screw aperture. Linking segments connect the pairs of nodes to one another. Between adjacent linking segments are elongated viewing windows. The bone screw apertures each include an integral locking mechanism to ensure that the bone screws do not back out of the plate member. The locking mechanisms and the bone screw apertures allow for angular freedom of insertion of the bone screws into a vertebral body or other bone portion.
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