Patent ID: 9579493
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A device for applying a needle array to biological tissue, comprising a housing holding a needle array holder carrying the needle array, a pre-tensioning geometry, which is displaceably arranged in the housing, and an actuating element, wherein in a starting position an edge, which determines an opening of the housing, is able to be positioned on the biological tissue, wherein the actuating element is so configured that, during actuation, in a first step the actuating element displaces the pre-tensioning geometry to emerge from said opening and thereby transfers the pre-tensioning geometry from the starting position into a pre-tensioning position on the biological tissue while pre-tensioning the biological tissue, and in a second step the actuating element transfers the needle array into an application position on the biological tissue, while in this respect the pre-tensioning geometry is held in the pre-tensioning position.