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Fixing for implantable electrodes and catheters

US8571686B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Biotronik CRM Patent AG · CH

Inventors

Erhard Flach · Berlin, DE
Wolfgang Geistert · Rheinfelden (Baden), DE
Gernot Kolberg · Berlin, DE
Marc Kuttler · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2005
Grant date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 27, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/0573
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a fixing for implantable electrodes and catheters. The object of the present invention is inter alia to provide a fixing which takes account of the different demands in the course of time of ordinary use of the implantable electrodes or catheters. For that purpose the fixing includes at least one first structural element comprising a biodegradable material, namely a biodegradable magnesium alloy.

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