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Fast detaching electrically isolated implant

  • US 6,468,266 B1
  • Filed: 08/22/2000
  • Issued: 10/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implant assembly for placement of an implant in the human body comprising:

  • an implant, a wire having an electrolytically severable joint, the wire attached to a proximal end of the implant, the electrolytically severable joint being relatively more susceptible to electrolysis in an ionic solution than is the implant, and a wire anchoring member disposed distally of the joint and attached to the implant, wherein the implant is electrically isolated from the electrolytically severable joint.

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