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AssigneeJen.Meditec GmbH
InventorsHans Figulla, Susann Klebon, Friedrich Moszner, Robert Moszner, Rudiger Ottma
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A self-expanding medical occlusion device treats a heart defect in a patient and is inserted into the body in minimally invasive fashion using a catheter system, and includes a braiding of thin threads which exhibits a first preliminarily definable shape as the occlusion device is being inserted into the patient's body and a second preliminarily definable shape in the implanted state, whereby the occlusion device is in a collapsed state in the first shape of the braiding and in an expanded state in the second shape of the braiding. The threads of braiding are composed of a shape memory polymer composite such that braiding deforms from a temporary shape to a permanent shape in consequence of an external stimulus, whereby the temporary shape is given in a first profile form of the braiding and the permanent shape is given in a second profile form of the braiding.
A self-expanding medical occlusion device for treating heart defects in patients, in particular closing abnormal openings in tissue, whereby the occlusion device is introduced into the body of a patient in a minimally invasive fashion using a catheter system, comprising:
The occlusion device in accordance with 24, wherein the ends of the threads of said braiding converge in a holder at the distal retention area;
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