US 12,085,153 B2
Adjustable spinal plate
Youngbo Ahn, Englewood, CO (US); Sungak Choi, Englewood, CO (US); Sangsoo Lee, Englewood, CO (US); Geungrok Kim, Englewood, CO (US); and Jongwon Hong, Englewood, CO (US)
Assigned to AEGIS SPINE, INC., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by AEGIS SPINE, INC., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/963,339.
Prior Publication US 2024/0117863 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 25/20 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); F16H 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 25/20 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/8023 (2013.01); F16H 37/124 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable spinal plate comprising:
a central body; and
a pair of end bodies which are disposed on both sides of a longitudinal direction of the central body and have one or more fixing screw holes in which fixing screws to be inserted into vertebrae are received,
wherein at least one of the pair of end bodies includes a rotation device configured to fix the end body to the central body in a selectively rotatable manner, and a rotation locking device configured to maintain the rotation device in an unlocked state or a locked state, and
the rotation locking device includes a switching unit that converts a rotational motion applying an external force into a linear motion, and a pressing unit that is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the central body by the switching unit and is in close contact with the rotation device to limit the rotation of the rotation device.