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Method of packaging artificial implants in sterile and contamination-free manner and a package therefor

US4712681A · kind A · utility

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Inventors

Per-Ingvar Branemark · Mölndal, SE
Bengt Kasemo · Mellerud, SE
Jukka Lausmaa · Gothenburg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 26, 1985
Grant date	Dec 15, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 26, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/865
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of packaging artificial implants in a sterile and contamination-free manner, comprising applying the implant inside a closable capsule made of the same material as the implant, thereafter enclosing the capsule in a hermetically sealable outer casing and sterilizing the package thus produced, and also to a package for performing the method.

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