Medical implant based on nanocellulose

US11857405B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM JENA · DE

Inventors

• Falk RAUCHFUSS · Jena, DE
• Utz Settmacher · Berlin, DE
• Dieter KLEMM · Weimar, DE
• Wolfgang Fried · Jena, DE
• Thomas RICHTER · Jena, DE
• Katrin PETZOLD-WELCKE · Pfuhlsborn, DE
• Carola RUHE · Dessau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L1/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Medical Implant (100), comprising The implant can be covered with newly created bile duct epithelium, thereby creating a new bile duct from body cells. The implant can be removed after completion of creation of the new bile duct. So, the implant as suitable as a temporary implant.The implant can be used for surgery, such as surgery of gall bladder, bile duct and/or liver, e.g. gall bladder removal, hepatobiliary malignancy surgery or liver transplantation.The implant can particularly be used for repairing or regeneration of bile duct. Further fields of use are the use as esophagus implant or urether implant.