Aesculap Ag

Allan Maas

Jens Beger

Stefan Thomas

Matthias Henke

Andreas Elisch

Stephan Lindner

Matthias Schweizer

Josef Kozak

Alexander Haas

Thomas Hagen

Martin Nonnenmann

Michael Utz

Thomas Grupp

Claudia Stoerk

Beate Celmerowski

Arne Jansen-Troy

Dennis Goerz

Christian Wehrle

Daniel Kiessling

Claudia Vollmer

Sven Diehl

Ingrid Dupraz

Stephan Dorau

Roland BÖTTIGER

Claudia Häfele

Rolf Miehlke

To improve a connecting element for a stabilization system for the vertebral column, which includes a first attachment section for fixing to a first bone fixation device, a second attachment section for fixing to a second bone fixation device, and an at least partially flexible intermediate section having at least one recess which is open at the sides, that at least one mechanical property of the intermediate section can be individually set in a simple and safe way, at least one movement limiting member is provided, which comprises a filling body and at least one stop device acting parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and/or in the circumferential direction, and that the filling body, in a normal position in which no external forces act on the intermediate section, engage at least partially in the at least one recess.

Connecting element for a stabilization system for the vertebral column, and stabilization system for the vertebral column

An implant includes two implant components, each having at least two adjacent support arms, which are connected to one another at one end by means of a bridge and can be spread apart at their free ends, and at least one of which support arms forms a support surface, such that with the free ends of their support arms both implant components are directed towards the free ends of the support arms of the respective other implant component, and that both implant components have slide faces for the support arms of the respective other implant component which are arranged and shaped such that as the two implant components approach one another, the support arms slide on the slide faces of the respective other implant component, and are pivoted thereby, so that the spacing of the upper and lower support surfaces is thereby increased.

Implant for mutual support of the spinous processes of vertebral bodies

A vertebral body replacement implant having an upper and a lower support plate and two load-bearing elements, the mutual spacing of which is adjustable and of which at least one is connected in an articulated manner to a support plate, the load-bearing element in the region of the articulated connection to the support plate having a bearing projection with a spherical lateral support surface having a complimentary design to the contact surface of the support plate or a bearing part connected thereto, the contact surface extending in peripheral direction at least over 180&#xb0;, the support plate or the bearing part is mounted on the bearing projection pivotably about a pivotal axis that extends parallel to the support plate, and a releasable clamping device that clamps the bearing projection and the support plate or the bearing part in the contact region of the lateral surface and/or of the contact surface against one another.

Vertebral body replacement implant

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