Patent ID: 7651515

Claim:
An implant for the connection and stabilization of a spinal column having vertebra, the implant comprising: a) a plurality of pedicle screws each having at least one screw head wherein said plurality of pedicle screws is capable of being screwed into the vertebra; and b) at least one connection element formed over its entire axial expanse by at least two spirals, each spiral having spiral windings, wherein said spiral windings are arranged offset in an axial direction following a screw line, wherein said at least one connection element connects at least one of said plurality of pedicle screws to an adjacent one of said plurality of pedicle screws, wherein an inner spiral of said at least two spirals is arranged inside a spiral interior of an outside spiral of said two spirals, wherein a direction of rotation of the windings of said at least two spirals is in opposite directions; and c) a spiral core which is arranged in an interior of said inner spiral over at least a partial region of its axial expanse, wherein said spiral core is configured as a titanium rod formed from multiple segments, and wherein at least two of said rod segments have at least two different material properties at least in the form of bending stiffness.