Method of applying a marker element to an implant and an implant provided with a marker element

US6899914B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biotronik Mess -und Therapiegeraede GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin · DE

Inventors

• Max Schaldach · Erlangen, DE
• Jens Gobrecht · Wustrow, DE
• Alexander Rzany · Nuremberg, DE
• Detlef Behrend · Jülich, DE
• Klaus-Peter Schmitz · Rostock, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2001
• Grant date: May 31, 2005
• Expiry date: May 4, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2250/0098
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of applying a marker element (6; 6′; 6″; 25; 25′; 26; 28) to an implant (1; 1′; 1″; 1′″; 20; 20′), in particular a stent, intended for implantation in the human or animal body, comprising a main body and an opening (3; 3′; 3″; 3′″; 21; 21′) provided in said main body (2; 2′; 2″; 2′″; 22; 22′) for receiving the marker element (6; 6′; 6″; 25; 25′; 26; 28), wherein to form at least a part of the marker element (6; 6′; 6″; 25; 25′; 26; 28) a hardenable material or material mix is introduced into the opening and hardened therein.