Connecting element for a stabilization system for the vertebral column, and stabilization system for the vertebral column

US9078704B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Jens Beger · Tuttlingen, DE
• Beate Celmerowski · Spaichingen, DE
• Allan Maas · Konstanz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/701
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

To improve a connecting element for a stabilization system for the vertebral column, which includes a first attachment section for fixing to a first bone fixation device, a second attachment section for fixing to a second bone fixation device, and an at least partially flexible intermediate section having at least one recess which is open at the sides, that at least one mechanical property of the intermediate section can be individually set in a simple and safe way, at least one movement limiting member is provided, which comprises a filling body and at least one stop device acting parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and/or in the circumferential direction, and that the filling body, in a normal position in which no external forces act on the intermediate section, engage at least partially in the at least one recess.