Patent ID: 8632570

Claim:
A bone stabilization device comprising: a plurality of bone anchoring elements; and a connecting clement connecting at least two of the bone anchoring elements, wherein at least one of the bone anchoring elements comprises: a screw element having a shaft having a threaded portion and a flexible section as separate detachable components, the threaded portion comprising a bone thread having a root and a crest for anchoring into bone tissue and the flexible section having an essentially cylindrical body with an outer surface, a bore, and a helical slotted opening in the outer surface of the cylindrical body, the helical slotted opening extending radially inward to the bore, the screw element further having a head adjacent to the flexible section, the diameter of the bore of the flexible section being less than a diameter at the root of the bone thread; and a receiving part defining a bore for receiving the head, the receiving part further comprising a U-shaped recess for inserting the connecting element, wherein the receiving part and the shaft are pivotably connected.