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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Ullrich Bayer, Admannshagen-Bargeshagen, DE;
Inventor:
Ullrich Bayer, Admannshagen-Bargeshagen, DE;
Assignee:
BIOTRONIK AG, Buelach, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 38/00 (2006.01); C22C 38/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); C22C 38/00 (2013.01); C22C 38/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, the body of which comprises at least predominantly a material with iron as the main constituent. For accelerating the degradation, the material comprises sulfur as first minor constituent with a concentration of more than 0.2% by weight and not more than 1% by weight, preferably not more than 0.5% by weight, and comprises as second minor constituent at least one element of the group which comprises calcium, manganese and magnesium. Furthermore, a method for producing such an implant is described.