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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Jens Beger, Tuttlingen, DE;
Beate Celmerowski, Gunningen, DE;
Allan Maas, Constance, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
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.