Patent ID: 7621912
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An elongated rod-shaped implant element for connecting at least two bone anchoring elements, each of which comprise an anchoring section to be anchored in the bone and a receiver member to be connected to the rod-shaped implant element, the elongated rod-shaped implant element comprising: a longitudinal axis and an outer surface; a first length of a rigid section extending along the longitudinal axis that is configured to cooperate with and be received in the receiver member; a second length of a flexible section extending along the longitudinal axis adjacent to the rigid section, the second length having a helical slotted opening in the outer surface of the rod-shaped implant element, the slot extending radially inward, wherein the first length of the rigid section and the flexible section are a continuous one-piece element a third length of a rigid section extending along the longitudinal axis, wherein the flexible section has two opposite ends, the first length of rigid section being adjacent one end and the third length of rigid section being adjacent the opposite other end; and a core within the flexible section and extending along substantially the entire second length of the flexible section.