Patent ID: 11963698
Assignee: BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A bone anchoring device comprising:
a bone anchoring element comprising a head and a shank;
a receiving part for coupling a rod to the bone anchoring element, the receiving part having a first end, an opposite second end below the first end, a central axis extending through the first end and the second end, a channel at the first end for receiving the rod, and an accommodation space for receiving the head; and
a pressure element positionable in the receiving part to exert pressure on the head, wherein the pressure element comprises an annular portion with an upwardly facing surface that faces towards the first end of the receiving part when the pressure element is in the receiving part, at least part of the upwardly facing surface forming an uninterrupted closed ring around an entire circumference of the pressure element with at least a majority of the closed ring configured to extend perpendicularly to the central axis, and two fingers that extend upwardly from the upwardly facing surface, wherein the two fingers are recessed from an outermost region of the upwardly facing surface such that part of the upwardly facing surface extends radially outwardly from each of the two fingers, and wherein a recess for receiving the rod is formed between the two fingers.