Patent ID: 8133227

Claim:
Sternum closure device for fixing two sternum portions to be joined to one another, comprising: an inner contact element for abutment on an inner surface of a sternum, at least one clamping element being fixed to said inner contact element and projecting transversely from said inner contact element, and at least one outer contact element for abutment on an outer side of the sternum, said at least one outer contact element being clampable against the inner contact element by means of the clamping element guided through an intermediate space between the two sternum portions, wherein: the inner contact element consists of two parts separate from one another, each of the two parts being designed to abut on one of the two sternum portions, and connecting elements are provided for the releasable connection of the two parts arranged next to one another, the two parts of the inner contact element have areas abutting areally on one another, the connecting elements releasably connect the two parts to one another in the abutting areas, the two parts are screwed to one another by threaded screws, and the threaded screws are formed by the clamping elements.