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US 12,521,203 B2Granted
Automated method for the effective fixation of X-ray markers in vascular implants
AssigneeCortronik GmbH
InventorsBjoern Rueter, Ullrich Bayer, Iris Kirchner, Sabine Illner, Thomas Eickner, Niels Grabow, Klaus-Peter Schmitz
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Abstract
A method for connecting an X-ray marker to a medical implant includes providing a medical implant having an opening for receiving the X-ray marker. An X-ray marker is provided. The X-ray marker is glued into the opening with a liquid adhesive that includes at least one first component including a fibrinogen.
Claims14
A method for connecting an X-ray marker to a medical implant, comprising the steps of:
- providing the medical implant having an opening configured to receive the X-ray marker,
- providing the X-ray marker, and
- gluing the X-ray marker into the opening of the medical implant with a liquid adhesive that comprises at least one first component comprising a fibrinogen, wherein
- the step of providing the X-ray marker comprises cutting the X-ray marker from a blank so that at least one gap is produced in the blank, wherein the at least one gap separates the X-ray marker from the blank, and such that the X-ray marker is connected to the blank via at least one predetermined breaking point,
- the step of providing the medical implant comprises arranging the medical implant on a dilatable balloon and pressurizing the balloon so that an outer surface of the balloon presses against an inner surface of the medical implant, and
- the step of gluing in the X-ray marker further comprises arranging the balloon with the medical implant arranged thereon in the blank so that the opening of the medical implant is opposite the X-ray marker and pressing the X-ray marker into the opening while cutting through the at least one predetermined breaking point, so that the X-ray marker is arranged in the opening of the medical implant.
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A method for connecting an X-ray marker to a medical implant, comprising the steps of:
- providing the medical implant having an opening configured to receive the X-ray marker,
- providing the X-ray marker, and
- gluing the X-ray marker into the opening of the medical implant with a liquid adhesive that comprises at least one first component comprising a fibrinogen, wherein
- the step of providing the X-ray marker comprises cutting the X-ray marker from a blank so that at least one gap is produced in the blank, wherein the at least one gap separates the X-ray marker from the blank, and such that the X-ray marker is connected to the blank via at least one predetermined breaking point,
- the step of providing the medical implant comprises arranging the medical implant on a dilatable balloon and pressurizing the balloon so that an outer surface of the balloon presses against an inner surface of the medical implant, and wherein the balloon is deflated and guided out of the medical implant after the adhesive has hardened.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.