Patent ID: 7674280

Claim:
Implant for fixing adjacent bone plates, comprising: an inner abutment element for overlapping a separation gap between the bone plates at an inner side of said bone plates; an outer abutment element for overlapping the separation gap at an outer side of said bone plates; and at least one elastically bendable tension band, each of said at least one tension band having a first free end and a second free end, the first and second free ends being located above an outer surface of the outer abutment element, said at least one tension band being guidable through the outer abutment element in a displaceable manner and adapted such that, when a tensile stress is exerted on the at least one tension band, the inner abutment element and the outer abutment element are drawn towards one another; and one or more hook elements associated with each of the first and second free ends for fixing the at least one tension band relative to the outer abutment element; wherein: the one or more hook elements are formed on the outer abutment element; a height of the one or more hook elements is greater than a height of the at least one tension band; the at least one tension band is fixable relative to the outer abutment element by penetration of the one or more hook elements into the free ends of the at least one tension band such that, in a fixing position, a hook tip of each of the one or more hook elements penetrates completely through the at least one tension band; and at least in an area of the at least one tension band where the penetration occurs, a width of the at least one tension band is at least five times greater than the height of the at least one tension band.