REVISABLE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATING SYSTEM

摘要

An improved anterior cervical plating system and methods of cervical fusion using such a system are provided. The cervical plating system includes an interlocking mechanism that integrated into each of the plates such that any two plates may cooperatively engage through the interlocking mechanism such that a new cervical plate can be interconnected with a pre-existing plate during revision surgery without removal of the pre-existing plate.

主权项

1. An anterior cervical plate comprising:
a revisable cervical plate body having upper and lower horizontal faces, wherein at least a portion of the lower horizontal face is configured to be disposed adjacent a first vertebral body; the revisable cervical plate body defining at least one aperture configured to receive a first vertebral anchoring mechanism to couple the revisable plate body to at least the first vertebral body; the revisable cervical plate body further defining at least one interlocking receiver portion, at least a part of the interlocking receiver portion disposed below the upper horizontal face, and configured to receive from above and form an interconnection with a cooperative interlocking portion of a revision plate; and wherein the at least one interlocking receiver portion is configured such that no threaded connector is attached thereto in forming the interconnection.