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Device for inserting an implant

US9867726B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

phenox GmbH · DE

Inventors

Carsten Aporta · Bochum, DE
Jörg Ascherfeld · Hattingen, DE
Ralf Hannes · Dortmund, DE
Hermann Monstadt · Bochum, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 25, 2011
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/9505
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device having an endovascular implant (1) for the introduction into blood vessels or body cavities of the human or animal body and an insertion aid (2), wherein the implant (1) and the insertion aid (2) being connected to each other via a detachment element (3) designed to be electrolytically corrodible so that after the implant (1) has been inserted into the body and a voltage has been applied an at least partial dissolution of the detachment element (3) takes place causing the implant (1) to be separated from its the insertion aid (3), with the detachment element (3) being made of a cobalt-chrome alloy containing at least 20% w/w cobalt and 10 to 40% w/w chrome.

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