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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2000
Applicants:
Raimo Sump, Hamburg, DE;
Christoph Walther, Dorfstr., DE;
Inventors:
Raimo Sump, Hamburg, DE;
Christoph Walther, Dorfstr., DE;
Assignee:
Ethicon GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F002/08 ; A61B017/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A strip-like implant () has a tape () with a first end () and with a second end (). In the area of at least one of the two ends (), a disk-like application aid () aligned with the plane of the tape () is arranged. The disk-like application aid can also be constructed in the shape of two jaws of a surgical gripping instrument which is set up to grip an implant tape.