Patent · US Expired

Device for inserting a tubular implant into a vessel

US6364887B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

17Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Dworschak · Bohmte, DE
Theodor Lutze · Spaichingen, DE
Harald Stallforth · Tuttlingen, DE
Thomas M. Weik · Deephaven, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 2000
Grant date	Apr 2, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/9505
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to permanently position a tubular implant in a vessel in such a way that it is sealed off in relation to the vessel wall, a device for inserting such an implant is proposed, which is characterized by an introducing head having an advancing handle and being insertable into the implant, with radially outwardly movable spreading elements arranged on the circumference of the introducing head, and by a locking member mounted for displacement on the introducing head and displaceable via a transmission member between a rest position in which the spreading elements are radially retracted and a spread position in which the spreading elements protrude radially outwards.

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