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Adjustable occipital plate

  • US 8,740,953 B2
  • Filed: 01/03/2012
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An occipital plate, comprising:

  • a base plate having;

    an elongated central section with a midline; and

    a first section and a second section projecting laterally outward in opposite directions from the midline of the base plate, wherein the first section comprises a slot; and

    an attachment assembly having;

    a slide member having a pair of opposing flanges projecting therefrom configured to engage and move along the slot of the first section; and

    a post coupled to the slide member, wherein the post has a channel defined by a pair of opposing spaced-apart sidewalls extending therethrough;

    wherein the channel is configured to receive a rod therein along an axis of the channel;

    wherein the axis of the channel is rotationally offset from an axis extending centrally through each of the pair of opposing flanges;

    wherein the attachment assembly is configured to self-align or essentially self-align with the rod as the rod is received in the channel of the post of the attachment assembly.

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