Patent ID: 7097653
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An implant for the closing of defect openings in the body of a human or animal comprising a load-bearing structure which, in a primary form, has a great ratio of length to transverse extent along an axis and, in a secondary form, has a much smaller ratio of length to transverse extent along the axis, the load-bearing structure being capable of being reversibly transformed from the secondary form into the primary form by exertion of a force against elastic material forces, the secondary form assuming approximately the form of a double disc with a proximal disc element and a distal disc element for receiving the surroundings of the defect opening between the disc elements, and the load-bearing structure being formed essentially in one piece without joining connections by a tube slit over part of its length including the middle of the tube.