Abstract: In the stent for use in the interventional treatment of vascular diseases and in vascular surgery, there is a tubular support structure formed with struts made of a first bioresorbable metallic material that are joined to one another at selective points. The surface of the struts is fully covered by a coating made with a second bioresorbable metallic material. The second metallic material has a lower dissolution rate in the implanted state under physiological conditions in the course of bioresorption, and has a more positive electrode potential compared to the first metallic material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a cleaning operation for at least one braking device of a braking system in a motor vehicle, said method having the following steps: setting a braking pressure by components of the braking device in accordance with a predefined braking pressure curve, wherein the braking pressure curve, during the cleaning operation, specifies braking pressures that vary over time for the braking device, correcting a setpoint motor torque that is to be provided by a drive motor of the motor vehicle and that is dependent on a braking effect brought about by the set braking pressure, the predefined braking pressure curve being selected such that a longitudinal deceleration of the motor vehicle, which is brought about by the predefined braking pressure curve, can be compensated for by a corresponding additional motor torque.

Abstract: An electrically conductive connection element for a temporary electrically conductive connection to an electrical consumer, in particular an external pacemaker, which is implanted in the living tissue of a patient, may have at least one biocompatible and bioresorbable electrical conductor strand in the form of an individual wire or a multifilament formed by multiple wires. The at least one electrical conductor strand is surrounded by at least one biocompatible and bioresorbable polymer or is embedded in a matrix formed by the polymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a cleaning operation for at least one braking device of a braking system in a motor vehicle, said method having the following steps: setting a braking pressure by components of the braking device in accordance with a predefined braking pressure curve, wherein the braking pressure curve, during the cleaning operation, specifies braking pressures that vary over time for the braking device, correcting a setpoint motor torque that is to be provided by a drive motor of the motor vehicle and that is dependent on a braking effect brought about by the set braking pressure, the predefined braking pressure curve being selected such that a longitudinal deceleration of the motor vehicle, which is brought about by the predefined braking pressure curve, can be compensated for by a corresponding additional motor torque.