Patent ID: 7625395

Claim:
A screw implant for stabilization of a joint or a bone fracture, comprising; a screw including a head portion on one end; a threaded portion on another end; and a shaft portion extending between the head portion and the threaded portion and defining an axis, wherein the shaft portion is constructed in the form of a wire cable comprised of several wire strands and constructed sufficiently flexible to maintain a natural movement of bone participants in an area of the joint or bone fracture but rigid enough to prevent an elongation in a direction of the axis away from one another; wherein the threaded portion includes a bone thread and a nut connected in one piece with the bone thread for attachment of an external wrench to screw the threaded portion into one of the bone participants, and wherein the head portion includes a bolt connected to the shaft portion and a nut screwed onto the bolt and provided for attachment of an external wrench for securement of the head portion in the other one of the bone participants.