Anterior cervical spine plate
AssigneeL&K Biomed Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Shik LEE, Sang Soo LEE
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an anterior cervical spine plate which is used to perform anterior fixation surgery on a cervical spine in orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery, which includes: a plate body formed to extend in a longitudinal direction thereof; two or more bone screw holes formed in the plate body to support head parts of bone screws; and a locking element configured to maintain the bone screws while being inserted into the bone screw holes, respectively. The locking element is rotatably coupled to the plate body, and the plate body has reinforcing parts formed at outer circumferences thereof.
Claims22
A cervical plate comprising:
- a plate body formed to extend in a longitudinal direction thereof;
- two or more bone screw holes formed in the plate body to support head parts of bone screws;
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- a locking element configured to maintain the bone screws while being inserted into the bone screw holes, respectively,
- wherein the locking element is rotatably mounted in the plate body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.