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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Wolfgang Goetz, Regensburg, DE;
Hou-sen Lim, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Wolfgang Goetz, Regensburg, DE;
Hou-Sen Lim, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc., Hangzhou, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for folding or unfolding at least one medical implant by way of at least one tension thread includes a shaft and a tensioning device for altering a form or shape of the foldable and/or unfoldable implant by way of the tension thread ('). In at least one shaft section thereof, the shaft includes a plurality of individual shaft fibers.