ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATING SYSTEM

摘要

An anterior spine fixation system comprises an elongated fixation plate (70) having a pair of screw bores (74) at opposite ends thereof defined between a lower surface (72) adapted to engage the anterior portion of the vertebrae and an opposite upper surface (71); several bone engaging screws (77), one each for each of said pair of screw bores; a fixation bore (75) defined in said plate between said screw bores, and a locking screw having a shank adapted to be received within said fixation bore and an enlarged head adapted to simultaneously cover a portion of the head of both screws received within said pair of screw bores, said head of said locking screw configured to reside within said fixation bore recess without extending above said upper surface of said plate.