Implantable device
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Abstract
Disclosed is an implantable device (1) to be used in a human and/or animal body for occluding or partially occluding defective openings, hollow spaces, organ tracts etc. for creating a defined connecting opening between walls, organs hollow spaces, etc. Said implantable device (1) comprises a support structure which has a great length-to-width ratio along an axis (63) in a first operating state (primary shape) while having a smaller length-to-width ratio along said axis (63) in a second operating state (secondary shape). The support structure is provided with a proximal (20) and a distal section (30) and is formed from a single wire-type element (10) by intercoiling and/or intertwining and/or interweaving like a tissue and/or a cluster and/or a net. Also disclosed is a placing system especially for such an implantable device, comprising an advancing element (5), a directing wire (6,9) and/or an inner mandrin, and at least one holding wire (80,81). The directing wire (6) and the at least one holding wire (80,81) are used for cooperating with a proximal end of the implantable device (1), the implantable device (1) being transformable from a primary shape into a secondary shape and vice versa by moving the holding wire (80, 81) and the directing wine (6) relative to the advancing element (5).
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1-39. -39. (canceled)
- 40. An implantable device to be used in the human and/or animal body for occluding or partially occluding defect openings, hollow spaces, organ tracts, etc. or for creating a defined connecting opening between walls, organs, hollow spaces, etc., with a support structure which has a great length-to-width ratio along an axis in a first operating state (primary shape) while having a smaller length-to-width ratio along said axis in a second operating state (secondary shape), and the support structure having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the support structure being formed from a single wire-like element by intercoiling and/or intertwining and/or interweaving in the manner of a tissue and/or scrim and/or net, characterized in that the proximal portion and/or distal portion in the secondary shape is substantially flat in a disk shape or ring shape or at least bent round in the edge area or bent back toward the other portion or bent outward from an intermediate portion connecting the distal and proximal portions, so that a delimited inner space is formed.
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