Active implant

US5032129A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Technische Hochschule Karl-Marx-Stadt · DE

Inventors

• Peter Kurze · Pulsnitz, DE
• Waldemar Krysmann · Plaisir, FR
• Wolfram Knoefler · Leipzig, DE
• Hans-Ludwig Graf · Leipzig, DE
• Wolfgang Bethmann · Dessau, DE
• Horst Hampel · Leipzig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 1986
• Grant date: Jul 16, 1991
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2300/102
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The active implant for use in medicine, such as for tooth implants or endoprosthesis For positions influencing the growth mechanisms of the bone and which remain in place for a long time. The active implant comprises a base and flexible structures therein provided with an oxide which contains growth stimulators and has a stable p-n junction.