Patent ID: 8870925

Claim:
A spinal column implant comprising: an elastic connection element having a longitudinal axis; a plurality of bone screws, each bone screw comprising a screw head having a receptacle, a filling piece, a pin extending through the filling piece, and a clamping element, the receptacle having two legs defining a U-shaped recess; wherein the pin is located in the U-shaped recess; wherein the clamping element clamps the connection element into a clamped position between the receptacle of the screw head and the filling piece in a secure, non-positive fashion to transfer expected tensile and compressive forces between neighboring vertebrae for stabilizing the spinal column; wherein when the connection element is in the clamped position in the receptacle, the filling piece is pivotable relative to the clamping element about the pin and about an axis intersecting each leg in response to the expected tensile force being applied to the connection element, and wherein the pin defines a pivoting axis intersecting each leg.