Patent ID: 8061517

Claim:
Holding device for an implant, comprising: a first connecting device for releasably connecting the holding device and the implant, the first connecting device being transferable from a first connecting position, an implant being connectable or connected to the holding device in said first connecting position, into a first release position, the holding device releasing the implant in said first release position, an indicating device indicating an at least one-time transfer of the first connecting device from the first connecting position into the first release position, and a second connecting device for releasably connecting the holding device and a storage unit, wherein: the first connecting device is designed in such a manner that the implant is adapted to be handled in a first handling direction during movement from a first holding position, the implant being connected to the holding device in said first holding position, into the first release position, the second connecting device is designed in such a manner that the holding device is adapted to be handled in a second handling direction during movement from a second holding position, the holding device being connected to the storage unit in said second holding position, into a second release position, the holding device being released from the storage unit in said second release position, and the first handling direction and the second handling direction are linearly independent of one another.