Patent ID: 7837715

Claim:
A connecting assembly for spinal osteosynthesis comprising: a bone anchor means having a connecting zone which collaborates with a connecting means, said bone anchor means having an external thread which engages a threaded portion of said connecting means, a connector having a cavity forming the housing of said connecting means and at least one location for accommodating a linking element or a locking cylinder, said at least one location opening into the cavity forming the housing of said connecting means, said connecting means comprising, in its lower part, a spherical shape part for allowing the connecting means to be positioned freely in at least one of the connector or the linking element having a cavity of complementary shape and, when the connecting means are positioned in the cavity of complementary shape of the connector or the linking element, for allowing the connector and the linking element to rotate around the connecting means in three axes, said linking element or said locking cylinder contacting said spherical shape part of said connecting means and pressing against said connecting means, and said spherical shape part forming an end stop for longitudinal positioning with said at least one of the connector and the linking element.