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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Hermann Monstadt, Bochum, DE;
Hans Henkes, Bochum, DE;
Achim Flesser, Mettmann, DE;
Ralf Hannes, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12145 (2013.01); A61B 17/12022 (2013.01); A61B 17/12113 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical implant in the form of an elongated helix wherein at least one part of the helix is preformed in such a manner that it has a secondary structure of identically sized loops which it assumes during implantation at the placement site, with said structure in turn forming at the placement site during implantation a polyhedral tertiary structure, and the polyhedron being provided with at least one additional loop.