US 11,666,454 B2
Surgical plate systems
Kurt Faulhaber, Renton, WA (US); and Bala Sundararajan, Exton, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/28,501.
Application 17/028,501 is a continuation of application No. 15/444,512, filed on Feb. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,786,365.
Application 15/444,512 is a continuation of application No. 14/664,291, filed on Mar. 20, 2015, granted, now 9,615,931, issued on Apr. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007859 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/447 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/8047 (2013.01); A61F 2/30771 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30266 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30774 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30785 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30787 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30843 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01); A61F 2002/449 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4415 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4435 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable plate system comprising:
a base plate having an upper portion, a lower portion and a bridge positioned between the upper and lower portions, each of the upper and lower portions having a pair of fastener holes for receiving bone fasteners to engage with bone, the bridge having a pair of guide holes and an actuating hole disposed between the pair of guide holes;
a push plate disposed under the base plate and having a pair of corresponding guide posts received in the guide holes of the bridge;
wherein the push plate has a lower surface for contacting and pushing against a spacer implanted between two vertebral bodies;
wherein the push plate is adapted to be pushed downwardly through the actuating hole
wherein the push plate has a push post received in the actuating hole and the actuating hole is threaded such that a driver having a threaded tip pushes the push post to move the push plate away from the base plate.