Patent ID: 9724044
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61D,A61F,A61N

Claim:
1. A device suitable for being implanted in a human or animal body and being equipped for signal delivery or signal acquisition within said body or an implantable device part of such a device, the device or device part further being suitable for fixation on or in hard tissue or corresponding replacement material: wherein the device or device part comprises a central portion and a circumferential portion and is configured to be inserted in an opening of a hard layer of the hard tissue or replacement material, the circumferential portion comprising a complete ring of a material having thermoplastic properties around the central portion and being liquefiable through application of energy to the ring or to device portions adjacent to the ring, the device or device part further comprising a signal delivery or signal acquisition portion, wherein the signal delivery or signal acquisition portion is arranged inside the central portion or reaches through the central portion, wherein the signal delivery or signal acquisition portion is accessible from a proximal side of the hard layer and is equipped for delivering a signal to a distal side of the hard layer or for acquiring a signal from the distal side of the hard layer or for both, and wherein the device or device part is equipped for transmission of energy to the ring or to the device portions adjacent to the ring for the purpose of liquefying at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties and to bring the material into contact with the hard tissue to form, on re-solidification, a complete sealing ring around the central portion.