Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polyphosphazene derivative having the general formula (I), a process for its production, and the use of the device as an artificial implant, vascular or nonvascular stent, catheter, thrombolectomy or embolectomy catheter, fragmentation spindle or catheter, filter, vascular connector, hernia patch, oral, dental or throat implant or urether.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polyphosphazene derivative having the general formula (I), a process for its production, and the use of the device as an artificial implant, vascular or nonvascular stent, catheter, thrombolectomy or embolectomy catheter, fragmentation spindle or catheter, filter, vascular connector, hernia patch, oral, dental or throat implant or urether.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an implant (1) with a main body (2) having a surface (5,6), and with a coating (7) of nanoparticles (8) provided at least on portions of the surface (5,6) of the main body (2), wherein the main body (2) is made from a material with a metal lattice structure, and the nanoparticles (8) of the coating (7) comprise a material which also has a metal lattice structure. The implant is characterized by the lattice structure of the material of the nanoparticles (8) being compatible in such a way to the lattice structure of the material of the main body (2), that both materials are mutually connectable by a diffusion process, in particular by a diffusion joining process. The invention is also directed to a method for manufacturing such an implant, wherein the method of manufacturing allows the simultaneous coating of a plurality of implants (1) under “mild” process conditions.

Abstract: A stent to be implanted in a living body with an essentially tube-shaped wall (12) made of material with low radio-opaqueness, which is designed through the shaping of openings (14) as flexible wall structure. In order to provide a stent (10) and a process for its manufacturing, which can be better recognized in case of research with x-radiation, a material (22) with high radio-opaqueness is inserted inside the flexible wall structure (20).