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Medical implant with a fixing device

US9827414B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Doerr · Berlin, DE
Michael Diebold · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 2015
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 16, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/0649
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Embodiments include a medical implant for insertion into the human and/or animal body. The medical implant includes a helical fixing device to fix the implant at a site of implantation, wherein the helical fixing device is one or more of coupled to a locking device on the fixing device and coupled to an implant surface. One or more of the locking device and the implant surface impedes an autonomous detachment of the fixing device.

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