Synergy Biosurgical Ag

Degradable Solutions Ag

Karl Storz-gmbh & Co. Kg

Medacta International Sa

Elc-ceratec Gmbh

Sunstar Suisse S.a.

Collagen Matrix, Inc.

Kurt Ruffieux

Wolf-Friedrich Baehre

Fabrizio Alessandro Maspero

Heiner Kern

Dennis Reichardt

Alexander Siegrist

Mark Anderson

Fredrik Brandsberg

Lukas Pfister

Fabrizio Alexandro Maspero

Wolf-Friedrich Bähre

An apparatus () for metered dispensing of a liquid from a container () and a spray applicator having the apparatus (). The apparatus () comprises a base body () and a nozzle body () having an outlet nozzle. The nozzle body () is mounted so as to be displaceable relative to the base body () from a dispensing to a clamping position. The apparatus () comprises a reset spring () for moving the nozzle body () from the clamping to the dispensing position. The nozzle body () and the valve body form a burst chamber (). By pressure on the trigger mechanism (), the locking of the valve body () is triggered and the spray burst spring () presses the valve body () in the nozzle direction. A non-return valve is arranged upstream in the valve body. The spray burst chamber is connected to the outlet nozzle.

Apparatus and spray applicator

Medical implant which at least partially comprises a biocompatible, electrically conductive polymer with electrical resistivity p, having the property of being able to be heated and softened by a flow of current through the polymer.

Medical implant

A medical implant is for insertion into a bone. The medical implant may include a zone having a polymer material configured to transition from a solid condition to a softened condition when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, and be flowable into interspaces of the bone in the softened condition. The medical implant may include a light-conducting portion configured to conduct the electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source to the zone when the medical implant is inserted into the bone.

Medical implant with electromagnetic radiation responsive polymer and related methods

A medical implant for insertion into bone including a zone sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source, the zone comprising a polymer material configured to transition from a solid condition to a softened condition when the zone is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation and being flowable into interspaces of the bone in the softened condition, and a light-conducting portion configured to conduct the electromagnetic radiation from the radiation source to the zone when the medical implant is inserted into the bone.

Medical implant II

Moldable bone implants for use in a bone defect or wound include a plurality of biocompatible granules and a biocompatible polymer that together form an implant mass. The polymer is softened with a plasticizer to make the implant mass moldable. The plasticizer can dissipate or be extracted to cause the implant mass to harden. The implant mass can be shaped in-situ or ex-situ. Implants formed in-situ are shaped by the bone defect or wound. The implant becomes hard through contact with body fluids, which extracts the plasticizer from the implant mass. Bone implants formed ex-situ, such as in a mold, are shaped by a mold, for example, and then hardened by placing the implant mass in contact with a hardening agent, such as water, which extracts the plasticizer from the implant mass. The shaped, hardened implant can be placed into a bone defect of corresponding size and shape.

Biocompatible bone implant compositions and methods for repairing a bone defect

A biocompatible and biodegradable implant for a cavity in a bone of a living organism is made of biocompatible and biodegradable granules. The biocompatible and biodegradable granules are provided with a coating, which includes at least one layer of a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer. The biocompatible and biodegradable implants are obtained by fusing together the polymer-coated granules through polymer-linkage of the polymer coatings of neighboring granules.

Porous biocompatible implant material and method for its fabrication

There is described a biocompatible implant for the filling of a cavity in a living organism such as, for example, a bone defect or an extraction wound, comprising an open porous scaffold and/or a composite matrix comprising a plurality of inorganic or synthetic granules and a synthetic polymer matrix, and further comprising a biodegradable membrane which is interconnectibly sealed to a surface portion of the scaffold or composite matrix such, that the scaffold or composite matrix and the membrane form a single piece of matter. In one embodiment, the implant is biodegradable.

Biodegradable biocompatible implant

A package is used for the packaging of an anchor element together with a suture thread which is threaded on the latter. It is proposed to provide the package with an outer casing hermetically closed to the outside, the casing container holder which receives said anchor element and which has a seat for the suture thread already wound on the anchor element.

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Thalwil, Switzerland

Kurt Ruffieux