Method and device for inserting implants into human organs

US6764508B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• CO.DON AG · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Roehe · Ritterhude, DE
• Horst Laube · Berlin, DE
• Martin Matthaeus · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2004
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/2409
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method for inserting an implant, such as a biological or artificial heart valve into a human organ, first the implant is provided with an adapter element, then a receiver element that is adapted to fit the adapter element is sutured to the recipient organ, and finally the adapter element is connected to the receiver element. The receiver element and the adapter element are each ring-shaped and are provided with matched interengageable threadings. They are connected with one another by relative rotation via a self-locking bayonet lock. Before being connected to the receiver element, the implant together with the adapter element are coated with living cells. Both the receiver element and the adapter element respectively have flanges that include elements for being sutured together with the recipient organ or the implant.