System for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid
AssigneePfm Medical AG
InventorJoachim SCHAEFER
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid, comprising: a first spiral connecting device at the proximal end of the medical implant, a second spiral connecting device at the distal end of the insertion aid, a core wire, which in a first operating state of the system fixes the first spiral connecting device and the second spiral connecting device in relation to one another, wherein in the first operating state the first spiral connecting device and the second spiral connecting device at least partially engage in one another and the core wire extends through the first spiral connecting device and the second spiral connecting device.
Claims12
A system for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid comprising:
- a first helical connecting member at the proximal end of the medical implant;
- a second helical connecting member at the distal end of the insertion aid;
- a core wire, which in a first operating state of the system locks the first helical connecting member and the second helical connecting member relative to each other;
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- wherein in the first operating state the first helical connecting member and the second helical connecting member at least partially engage each other and the core wire extends through the first helical connecting member and the second helical connecting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.