Elastically deformable fastening device
AssigneesUniversite De Bordeaux, Institut Polytechnique De Bordeaux, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Arts Et Metiers, University of Aveiro
InventorsMICHEL MESNARD, ANTONIO RAMOS
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fastening device for an implant that is elastically deformable by stress, the length of the device in the unstressed state being less than that of the device in the stressed state, and the diameter of the device in the unstressed state being greater than that of the device in the stressed state, and to a kit comprising it.
Claims21
1-22. (canceled)
A fastening device (10, 30, 40, 80, 90) for an implant, comprising an open proximal part (1), a distal part (2) and a central hollow body (3) extending between the proximal part (1) and the distal part (2), said hollow body (3) forming a housing (4) extending along a longitudinal axis X, said device being made of elastic material and said hollow body (3) being elastically deformable by axial elongation along the longitudinal axis X so as to pass from an unstressed state into a stressed state and vice versa, wherein a length L of the hollow body (3) in the unstressed state is less than a length L′ of said hollow body (3) in the stressed state, and a diameter D of the hollow body (3) in the unstressed state is greater than a diameter D′ of said hollow body (3) in the stressed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.