Implant with attached element and method of making such an implant

USRE44463E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Supper · Karlsruhe, DE
• Walter Gamer · Bruchsal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

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.