Abstract: A method for connecting an X-ray marker to a base body of an implant is provided. The based body includes a receptacle for receiving an X-ray marker. A flexible film and an X-ray marker are arranged so that at least a section of the film is located between the receptacle and the X-ray marker. The X-ray marker is pressed into the receptacle while interposing the film so that the X-ray marker is plastically deformed and, together with the film, is fixed in a force-fit manner in the receptacle. The film prevents contact between the X-ray marker and the base body.

Abstract: A processing system including a processing unit is configured to be connected to a catheter in a releasable fashion via a connecter portion of a housing. The processing unit is configured to exchange data with a component of the catheter and at least one of a database, a computer network, and a computer device. The processing unit includes an integrated circuit for processing the data.

Abstract: A functionally integratable catheter system comprising functional units that can be assembled to produce different configurations. The functional units include: one or more FICS support catheters; one or more FICS dilators: one or more FICS PTA catheters; and one or more FICS lock-grip handles. Functional units can be provided in a pre-assembled form by the manufacturer, optionally pre-packaged as a device tray, for assembly into different configurations by clinical operators. The configurational adaptability of the FICS platform enables physicians to efficiently address multiple procedural aspects of treatment processes, including lesion access, lesion penetration, guide-wire negotiation, lesion recanalization, and dilation, by providing in situ treatment options, including intraluminal and/or extraluminal recanalization, and enables multi-stage, patient-customized treatments of complex lesions in vivo, including lesion-length-selective, multi-stage angioplasty treatment.

Abstract: An absorber device for absorbing a fluid residing in an a package inner space. The absorber device includes an absorber arranged in the inner space of a container and a movable penetration device. The penetration device is configured to be moved from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the penetration device is positioned in the inner space of the container. In the second position, the penetration device is configured to penetrate a container contact section and a wall of the package. The absorber in the inner space of the container is thereby fluidically connected to the inner space of the package in the second position.

Abstract: A method for producing a magnesium alloy having improved mechanical and electrochemical properties. The method includes generating a high-purity magnesium by vacuum distillation. A billet of the alloy is generated by synthesis of the high-purity magnesium with 2.0 to 10.0% by weight Al, the remainder being magnesium containing impurities, which promote electrochemical potential differences and/or the formation of precipitations and/or intermetallic phases, in a total amount of no more than 0.0063% by weight of Fe, Si, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zr, Y, Sc or rare earths having the ordinal numbers 21, 57 to 71 and 89 to 103, Be, Cd, In, Sn and/or Pb as well as P, wherein the matrix of the alloy includes intermetallic phases formed of Mg and Al. The alloy is homogenized by annealing at a temperature between 150° C. and 450° C. The homogenized alloy is formed in the temperature range between 200° C. and 400° C.

Abstract: A balloon catheter system has a balloon extending in an axial direction and surrounding a balloon interior. The balloon has an outer side facing away from the balloon interior. A catheter is connected to the balloon and extending in the axial direction, the catheter having a lumen in fluid communication with the balloon interior. First and second annular electrodes are disposed on the outer side, each extending in a circumferential direction of the balloon and being located opposite one another in the axial direction. The electrodes are configured to measure one of more of strain of the balloon in the circumferential direction, strain of the balloon in the radial direction, an impedance of tissue of a patient resting against the electrodes, and a redox potential of tissue of the patient contacting at least one of the electrodes.

Abstract: A catheter for dilating and/or destroying a stenosis in a vessel of a patient includes a catheter shaft having a cavity, at least one first active element within the cavity fixedly connected to a wall delimiting the cavity, and at least one radially protruding scoring element arranged on the outside of the catheter shaft at the cavity for exerting a pressure force on a stenosis in a vessel. The at least one first active element is configured to react to an axially movable element by radially expanding the catheter shaft and thereby radially expanding the at least one radially protruding scoring element.

Abstract: A process for arranging a protective sheath on a drug-coated balloon catheter in a machine. The protective sheath is transported via a transport system into a holding device. A drug coated area of the balloon catheter from contact with the machine. The protective sheath is arranged on a drug-coated area of the balloon catheter by machine relative motion between the balloon catheter and the protective sheath. The protecting can be placing at least one first and one second flexible film between the balloon catheter and a guide of the machine during the relative motion or can be holding the balloon catheter at a position on the catheter away from the drug-coated area during the relative motion.

Abstract: A method for producing x-ray markers. During the process, a predetermined breaking point is severed in order to detach x-ray markers from part of a material layer. There is also described an x-ray marker, a medical implant, and a semifinished product.

Abstract: A process for repositioning a drug-coated stent that is pre-crimped on a balloon of a balloon catheter extending in an axial direction so that an inner surface of the stent lies against an outer surface of the balloon. The stent is gripped with at least one contact element and a protection device between the stent and the at least one contact element to prevent contact between the stent and the at least one contact element. The stent is moved with the at least one contact element in the axial direction with respect to the balloon of the balloon catheter to reposition the stent with respect to the balloon.

Abstract: Generally, the invention is in relation to the field of drug delivery devices to augment standard radiation therapy and methods of making and using same. Specifically, this technology utilizes a controlled release of drug from a coated balloon for local intratumoral drug delivery to breast tissue to supplement or replace standard radiation therapy.

Abstract: A method for producing a balloon for a balloon catheter includes providing the balloon that has an outer surface. A solution including a solvent and a polymer is used to deposit the polymer onto the surface and form a surface coating of the polymer.

Abstract: An arrangement of an expandable substrate and a strain sensor applied onto a surface of the substrate. The strain sensor is made from an ink composition that is a mixture of a conductive silver ink and a conductive carbon ink. A ratio between the conductive silver ink and the conductive carbon ink lies in a range between 30:70 and 70:30 in on arrangement and between 40:60 and 60:40 in another. A method for forming the arrangement directly prints the strain sensor on the substrate.

Abstract: A method for preparing tissue, in particular pericardial tissue, in particular for a heart valve prosthesis, the method including: decellularizing the tissue; subjecting the decellularized tissue to a cross-linking solution including glutaraldehyde; subjecting the tissue to a shape- and structure-stabilizing step, in which the tissue is exposed to a first solution containing glycerol and is exposed to a second solution containing polyethylene glycol; and drying the tissue after the shape- and structure-stabilizing step.

Abstract: A balloon catheter-stent device includes a balloon catheter has a catheter tube and a radially expandable balloon. A stent surrounds the balloon. The stent can be radially expanded in its radial extent by the balloon. The stent includes at least one folding protrusion, which unfolds with radial expansion and axial shortening of the stent to form an outer stent protrusion.

Abstract: A process for arranging a stent, especially a drug-coated stent, on a balloon of a balloon catheter. At a stent implantation site (e.g., during an angioplasty procedure), the balloon of the balloon catheter serves to expand the stent radially, so that the stent, e.g., opens a vascular stenosis and is securely fixed to the vessel wall. Pressure plates are arranged and operate to maintain a protection device that avoids contamination of the stent.

Abstract: A method of preparing biological tissue for use as a component of an implant, in particular as part of a vascular implant, more particularly as part of a heart valve prosthesis, which can be implanted by a catheter. The biological tissue is decellularized using a detergent, which includes surfactin and deoxycholic acid (DCA).

Abstract: Medical material and a method for preparing a biological tissue for a medical application are provided. The material is useful as a sealing element in a heart valve prosthesis. A method includes decellularizing the biological tissue by decellularizing solution to obtain an acellular extracellular matrix, solubilizing the extracellular matrix of the biological tissue, and crosslinking collagen fibers of the solubilized extracellular matrix.

Abstract: An implant (in particular a stent) includes a main structure and a sensor assembly for measuring a body parameter. The sensor assembly includes at least one electrical conductor and at least one capacitor which are connected in such a way that the conductor and the capacitor form at least one electrical resonant circuit. The electrical conductor is surrounded by an electrical insulation. The electrical conductor is in the form of a coil having at least one turn. The capacitor is in contact at least on one side with the surrounding environment and its capacitance changes depending on the body parameter that is to be determined.

Abstract: A catheter device for transporting an implant to a target location in a body lumen and also for releasing the implant at the target location. The device includes an outer shaft configured to transport the implant to the target location, and an implant capsule configured to receive the implant. The implant capsule has a tubular capsule core, which surrounds the implant prior to the release. The capsule core, at a proximal end of the capsule core, has a plurality of tabs for fixing the capsule core to the outer shaft, which tabs protrude from a tubular portion of the capsule core along an axial direction of the capsule core.