US 12,446,932 B2
Cervical plate and screw locking mechanism
Jeremy S. Alsup, Bountiful, UT (US)
Assigned to Vy Spine LLC, Bountiful, UT (US)
Filed by Vy Spine LLC, Bountiful, UT (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,020.
Application 18/508,020 is a continuation of application No. 16/530,238, filed on Aug. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,813,004.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,509, filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081882 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8042 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A screw lock for a cervical plate assembly, the screw lock comprising:
a first screw locking edge at a first end of the screw lock and a second screw locking edge at a second end of the screw lock, wherein each of the screw locking edges has an outer side edge and an inner side edge opposite the outer side edge;
a compliant middle section comprising a first linking member and a second linking member that extend between the inner side edge of the first locking edge and the inner side edge of the second locking edge; and
one or more binding members fixed between the first and second linking members, wherein each of the one or more binding members are spaced along the linking members between the inner side edge of the first screw locking edge and the inner side edge of the second screw locking edge.