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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Universität Duisburg-essen, Essen, DE;
Coramaze Technologies Gmbh, Hilden, DE;
Niklas Maximilian Nathe, Düsseldorf, DE;
Till Neumann, Bochum, DE;
Torsten Scheuermann, München, DE;
Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, DE;
coramaze technologies GmbH, Hilden, DE;
Abstract
An implantable device for improving or remedying valvular incompetence, comprising a sealing body and at least one anchoring element () fastened thereto, by means of which the sealing body is able to be fastened in the heart, preferably in the atrium of the heart, wherein the sealing body comprises at least one cavity (), which is also able to be filled with a fluid after implanting the sealing body and preferably not able to be emptied independently, and wherein, furthermore preferably, the sealing body remains expanded with constant volume during the cardiac phases as a result of the filling, characterized in that a plurality of cavities () are disposed about a main body () of the sealing body lying in the direction of longitudinal extent of the sealing body, or a single cavity () surrounds a main body () of the sealing body lying in the direction of longitudinal extent of the sealing body, wherein the main body () is embodied as a tube which is able to be bent out of the linear extent thereof and into the lateral surface of which a multiplicity of cuts have been introduced.