Implant

US10709816B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• MEDIZINISCHE HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER · DE
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Olaf Andersen · Dresden, DE
• Ingrid Morgenthal · Dresden, DE
• Thomas Studnitzky · Dresden, DE
• Frank Witte · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to implants that are implanted into living beings as temporary implants and that disintegrate in the body through biological adsorption over a period of time, in addition to a process for producing aforesaid implants. The implant according to the invention consists of magnesium or a magnesium master alloy. It is formed from fibers of magnesium or a magnesium master alloy that are connected to one another through sintering bridges that are locally spaced vis-à-vis each other and form an open-pored body. The fibers may be produced with the help of the melt extraction process and may subsequently be sintered with one another.