Patent ID: 8162986

Claim:
A vertebral column implant, comprising a connecting element and a multiplicity of bone screws, the multiplicity of bone screws being screwable into vertebral bodies of the vertebral column and each of the bone screws being provided with a head part for receiving the connecting element, the head parts providing a firm connection between the multiplicity of bone screws and the connecting element, the connecting element including at least one rigid section and at least one elastic section, both the at least one rigid section and the at least one elastic section having two ends, respectively, one of the two ends of the at least one rigid section being connectible to one of the two ends of the at least one elastic sections via a connecting device, said connecting device being formed on the one end of the two ends of the at least one rigid section, the connecting device locking the one end of the at least one rigid section to the one end of the at least one elastic section in substantially coaxial alignment and a connection between the one end of the at least one rigid section and the one end of the at least one elastic section being form-fitting, a surface of the at least one elastic section including encircling ribs and grooves, the connecting device being composed of a U-shaped bow made of a rigid material, the U-shaped bow including a bottom and legs, said legs having free ends, the bottom of the bow and along an inner side of the legs having grooves and ribs corresponding to the ribs and grooves of the at least one elastic section, the U-shaped bow being closed on one side by a plate, the plate connecting the U-shaped bow to the one end of the at least one rigid section.