Pfm Medical Ag

Joachim Schaefer

The invention relates to a medical implant for closure of a defect aperture, a vessel, an organ path or another aperture in a human or animal body, comprising a base body and at least one fibre, wherein the base body can be reversibly transformed against elastic material forces from a secondary shape into a primary shape, wherein in the primary shape the base body has an elongated shape and in the secondary shape is at least partially coiled and comprises a cone shape, which is characterized in that the at least one fibre is connected to the base body such that the fibre in the secondary shape of the base body extends at least once, preferably a plurality of times, transversely through the cone shape.

Medical implant for closure of a defect aperture, a vessel, an organ path or another aperture in a human or animal body

The invention relates to a system for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid, comprising: a first spiral connecting device at the proximal end of the medical implant, a second spiral connecting device at the distal end of the insertion aid, a core wire, which in a first operating state of the system fixes the first spiral connecting device and the second spiral connecting device in relation to one another, wherein in the first operating state the first spiral connecting device and the second spiral connecting device at least partially engage in one another and the core wire extends through the first spiral connecting device and the second spiral connecting device.

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Nonnweiler, Germany

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