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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Doerr, Berlin, DE;
Michael Diebold, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG, Berlin, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/0643 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include a medical implant for insertion into the human and/or animal body. The medical implant includes a helical fixing device to fix the implant at a site of implantation, wherein the helical fixing device is one or more of coupled to a locking device on the fixing device and coupled to an implant surface. One or more of the locking device and the implant surface impedes an autonomous detachment of the fixing device.