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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2001
Franz Freudenthal, Riobamba, EC;
Georg Siegner, Luneburg, DE;
Franz Freudenthal, Riobamba, EC;
Georg Siegner, Luneburg, DE;
PFM Produkte fur die Medizin Aktiengesellschaft, Cologne, DE;
Abstract
An implant for the closing of defect openings in the body of a human or animal is proposed, with a load-bearing structure which, in a first operating state (primary form), has a great ratio of length to transverse extent along an axis () and, at least in a further operating state (secondary form), has a much smaller ratio of length to transverse extent along the axis (), the load-bearing structure () being capable of being reversibly transformed from the secondary form into the primary form by exertion of a force against elastic material forces, the secondary form assuming approximately the form of a double disc with a proximal disc element () and a distal disc element () for receiving the surroundings of the defect opening between the disc elements, and the load-bearing structure () being formed essentially in one piece without joining connections, and a placement system.