SUPPORTING MEANS FOR THE HUMAN SPINE

摘要

Sustaining means for correcting and/or stabilizing injured or deficient vertebras of the human spine, in particular of the cervical vertebra region, comprises a plate made of deformable, body-compatible material to be attached anteriorly to at least a pair of adjacent vertebras. The plate has holes for receiving bone screws to be screwed in the vertebras and is formed, by weakening zones and/or by selecting the thickness and/or selecting the material, to match the contour of the vertebras. The weakening zones may consist of a plurality of preferably circular holes of diameter smaller than the diameter of the screw holes.