Patent ID: 8216286
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: A61B,A61C,A61F,B29C,B29K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a positive-fit connection to a tissue part in a human or animal body, the method comprising the steps of: providing an implant comprising a sleeve of a first material, which is not liquefiable under implantation conditions, the sleeve having a distal end, a proximal end, a cavity with a proximal opening, and perforations which connect the cavity with outer sleeve surfaces to be brought into contact with the tissue part, said implant further comprising a second material being biocompatible, liquefiable by mechanical oscillation, and disposed in the cavity of the sleeve and having a proximal surface, providing an opening in the tissue part, the tissue opening being adapted to the sleeve, positioning the implant with the distal end of the sleeve forward in the tissue opening, impinging the proximal surface of the second material provided in the sleeve cavity with mechanical oscillation and simultaneously pressing the second material against the distal end of the sleeve for a time sufficient for liquefying at least a part of the second material and for pressing it through the sleeve perforations into surface unevennesses, cavities or pores in an inside wall of the tissue opening, letting the second material pressed into said surface unevennesses, cavities or pores to re-solidify, and, in a re-solidified state, to constitute the positive-fit connection.