Implant with attached element and method of making such an implant

US8043364B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG · DE

Inventors

• Sylvie Lombardi · Palo Alto, US
• Wolfgang Supper · Karlsruhe, DE
• Arne Briest · Karlsruhe, DE
• Walter Garner · Bruchsal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

A tubular implant having an axial end to which is attached a ring of spoons of a material different from that of the implant. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of attaching elements to an axial end of a tubular implant comprising the steps of providing said elements on one end of a support tube having a radius substantially that of the implant in its unexpanded configuration, abutting the implant and elements end-to-end, fixing the elements to the implant; and parting the elements from the support tube. In a third aspect, the invention provides an implant carrying an element of another material, the element and implant having complementary tapered mating surfaces for achieving a taper form fit of the element onto the implant.