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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Venus Medtech (Hangzhou), Inc., Hangzhou, CN;
Inventors:
Hou-Sen Lim, Singapore, SG;
Wolfgang Goetz, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
VENUS MEDTECH (HANGZHOU), INC., Hangzhou, CN;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2439 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9511 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to set comprising an apparatus () for folding or unfolding at least one medical implant () by means of at least one tension thread ('), wherein the apparatus () comprises a shaft () and a tensioning device for altering a form or shape of the foldable and/or unfoldable implant () by means of the tension thread (′). In at least one shaft section thereof, the shaft () comprises a plurality of individual shaft fibers ().