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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2023
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Thomas Hagen, Tuttlingen, DE;
Jana Kuemmerlin, Regensburg, DE;
Erick Drost, Oberndorf a.N., DE;
Jakob Onken, Mainz, DE;
Martin Nonnenmann, Wurmlingen, DE;
Tina Dekold, Rottweil, DE;
Thomas Pleil, Bad Duerrheim, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
An implant for fixing a cranial bone flap in a cranial opening includes a first portion designed to transfer force to the bone flap, a second portion designed to transfer force to a skull bone encircling the cranial opening, and a mechanism connected to the first portion and the second portion. The mechanism is configured such that a transverse spacing, projected onto a transverse axis of the implant, between the first portion and the second portion, is enlargeable, such that the first portion is pressable radially inwardly against the bone flap, and the second portion is pressable radially outwardly against the skull bone. The first portion and/or the second portion are designed for arrangement in an annular gap formed between an outer circumference of the bone flap and an inner circumference of the skull bone. At least two of such implants can make up an implant system.