US 11,672,571 B2
Cervical spine stabilization system with extendable plates
Lawrence Binder, Miami, FL (US); Frank Guntz, Telford, PA (US); and Mark Weiman, Downingtown, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/76,071.
Application 17/076,071 is a continuation of application No. 16/244,191, filed on Jan. 10, 2019, granted, now 10,842,538.
Application 16/244,191 is a continuation of application No. 15/047,843, filed on Feb. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,206,721, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Application 15/047,843 is a continuation of application No. 14/695,196, filed on Apr. 24, 2015, granted, now 9,295,498, issued on Mar. 29, 2016.
Application 14/695,196 is a continuation of application No. 12/275,348, filed on Nov. 21, 2008, granted, now 9,044,275, issued on Jun. 2, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/989,622, filed on Nov. 21, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2021/0038267 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7059 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8023 (2013.01); A61B 17/8033 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spine stabilization system comprising:
a base plate comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a plurality of screw holes for receiving screws therein, and one or more windows;
an extension plate configured to be selectively disposed adjacent to the proximal end or the distal end of the base plate, wherein the extension plate comprises a proximal end, a distal end, a connection portion, and a plurality of screw holes for receiving screws therein; and
one or more screws selectively insertable into either the base plate or the extension plate;
wherein the one or more windows comprise one window near the proximal end of the base plate and one window near the distal end of the base plate, wherein each window is configured to connect to the connection portion to attach the base plate and extension plate to each other, and wherein each window is a graft window positionable over an intervertebral space to provide access to a pair of intervertebral spaces when the connection portion is connected to one of said windows to attach the base plate and extension plate to each other.