Deutsche Institute Für Textil-und Faserforschung Stuttgart Stiftung Des Oeffentlichen Rechts

Deutsche Institute Fur Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf Stiftung Des Oeffentlichen Rechts

Markus Milwich

Heinrich Planck

Axel Siegfried Herrmann

Helmut Hierlemann

Thomas Stegmaier

Olga Speck

Carsten Linti

Thomas Speck

Maria Baumann

The invention relates to a rod-shaped fiber composite material () composed of a matrix () and a circular braid () embedded into the matrix. To increase the stability of the fiber composite material () and also to perform ducting functions for electricity and fluids, the wall of the circular braid is provided with wall chambers () which are separated by a phase boundary from the matrix () of the fiber composite material (). These wall chambers () lead to inner and outer sections of the wall of the circular braid () being spaced apart, which is useful for the stability with regard to flexing and torsional loading in particular. Rod-shaped fiber composite materials () according to the invention can be used for creating stable structural components as well as for producing efficiently protected ducts. The invention further relates to an apparatus and a process which are useful for producing fiber composite material according to the invention.

Rod-shaped fibre composite, and method and device for the production thereof

The invention relates to a tubular implant, in particular a stent, in the form of a round braid composed of threads of biocompatible material extending in oppositely directed helices and crossing over each other, thread areas located at the tube ends being free from thread ends, and threads present there being guided back into the braid structure.

Tubular implant

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Oberboihingen, Germany

Markus Milwich