Patent ID: 11857405
Assignee: UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM JENA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 24:
25. A method for producing a medical implant, comprising:
providing a microbial cellulose tube, comprising a wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the wall comprises several layers of microbial cellulose, wherein said layers are concentric to a longitudinal axis of the tube; and introducing a stent into the microbial cellulose tube to form the medical implant;
further comprising expanding the microbial cellulose tube in a radial direction by inserting the tubular stent into the microbial cellulose tube;
wherein the outer diameter of the stent before introducing the stent into the microbial cellulose tube is higher than the inner diameter of the microbial cellulose tube so that the microbial cellulose tube is expanded in one or more radial directions by the stent when the stent is introduced into the microbial cellulose tube; and
wherein the stent is introduced into the microbial cellulose tube by sliding into an interior of the tube.