Patent ID: 8323323

Claim:
An implant suitable for being implanted in a human or animal tissue part to form therewith a positive-fit connection capable of load-bearing, the implant being pin- or dowel-shaped and comprising a proximal face suitable for transmission of mechanical vibration into the implant and for simultaneously pressing the implant against the tissue part, and a contact surface to be brought into contact with the tissue part, and the implant further comprising a core carrying a coating of a first material, wherein the coating constitutes at least part of the contact surface and the first material comprises a biocompatible resorbable thermoplastic polymer, is liquefiable by the mechanical vibration and capable to be pressed, in a liquefied state, into surface unevennesses, cavities or pores of the tissue part and to re-solidify therein to constitute the positive-fit connection, and wherein the core comprises, at least underneath the coating, a surface suitable for osseointegration.