A bone plate kit for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae or ends of a bone
includes several bone plates of different sizes and several bone
fasteners of the same or different sizes. The fasteners may have the same
configuration or several different configurations. The fasteners may be
coated with bone growth material. The plates have a span for extending
across a discontinuity. The span has brackets for attaching to the bone.
The brackets have countersunk apertures terminating through which bone
screws are placed in the bone. An eccentric cam bore is located between
the countersunk apertures and, upon rotation of an eccentric cam, wedge
grip shoes are slid into the countersunk apertures and frictionally
engage the spherical heads of the bone screws. To prevent back-out of the
bone screws, the eccentric cam is locked into the wedge grip shoes.