Abstract: The invention relates to a mesh support device (10; 20) for supporting a breast implant (30), wherein the mesh support device (10; 20) is tubular and comprises a first circumferential mesh area (11; 21), which is characterized by a first set of mesh characteristics and which has a first circumferential length, and a second circumferential mesh area (12; 22), which is characterized by a second set of mesh characteristics and which has a second circumferential length, the first set of mesh characteristics being different from the second set of mesh characteristics. The invention relates also to a breast implant device comprising the breast implant (30) and the mesh support device (10; 20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a mesh support device (10) for supporting abreast implant (40), wherein the mesh support device (10) comprises a first panel (11) and a second panel (12), of which at least the second panel (12) is a mesh panel (12), which consists of a large number of individual meshes, and wherein the mesh support device (10) further comprises a first arm (31), which has a length Li and is arranged at a first side of the first panel (11), and a second arm (32), which has a length L2 and is arranged at a second side of the first panel (11), the second side being opposite to the first side, wherein each of the first and second arms (31, 32) is configured to be threaded through anyone of said large number of individual meshes and the lengths L1 and L2 are chosen such that 30 mm <L1 <210 mm and 30 mm <L2 <210 mm. The invention also relates to a method for fixating the breast implant (40) in the support device (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a mesh support device (10) for supporting a breast implant (20), wherein the mesh support device (10) has a tubular shape. The invention relates further to a breast implant device for implantation in a human body, comprising a breast implant (20) and a mesh support device (10), in which the breast implant (20) is positioned, wherein the mesh support device (10) has a tubular shape. In accordance with the invention, a method for preparing a breast implant (20) for implantation in a human body is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a medical implant (20) comprising: —a coil-shaped component (21) and —a first mesh component (22) and a second mesh component (23); wherein each mesh component has a largest surface extending in two directions in the x-y plane of the mesh component, and wherein each mesh component has a projected area, which is said largest surface as projected in the x-y plane of the medical implant; wherein the coil-shaped component is arranged between the two mesh components; wherein the coil-shaped component has a center core which is hollow; and wherein the coil-shaped component has a helix rotation axis, which extends in parallel with said projected area of the first mesh component and said projected area of the second mesh component.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a medical implant (20) comprising: a coil-shaped component (21) and a first mesh component (22) and a second mesh component (23); wherein each mesh component has a largest surface extending in two directions in the x-y plane of the mesh component, and wherein each mesh component has a projected area, which is said largest surface as projected in the x-y plane of the medical implant; wherein the coil-shaped component is arranged between the two mesh components; wherein the coil-shaped component has a center core which is hollow; and wherein the coil-shaped component has a helix rotation axis, which extends in parallel with said projected area of the first mesh component and said projected area of the second mesh component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resorbable multifilament comprising a number of individual resorbable filaments of a first type having a first degradation time and a number of individual resorbable filaments of a second type having a second degradation time, wherein the filaments of the first type and the filaments of the second type are arranged in close relationship to form a composite multifilament having a length and a specific composite cross-section comprising cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first type and second type, wherein the cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first and second type are located at determined relative positions, wherein the relative positions amongst the individual cross-sections of the filaments of the first and second types are invariant over the length of the composite multifilament.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resorbable multifilament comprising a number of individual resorbable filaments of a first type having a first degradation time and a number of individual resorbable filaments of a second type having a second degradation time, wherein the filaments of the first type and the filaments of the second type are arranged in close relationship to form a composite multifilament having a length and a specific composite cross-section comprising cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first type and second type, wherein the cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first and second type are located at determined relative positions, wherein the relative positions amongst the individual cross-sections of the filaments of the first and second types are invariant over the length of the composite multifilament.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor and guide wire assembly (21) for intravascular measurements of physiological variables in a living body, comprising a core wire (22), a first coil (23), a jacket (24), and a second coil (25). The jacket (24) comprises a first end portion (24a), which is crimped onto the core wire (22) and over which a portion of the first coil (23) is threaded, and a second end portion (24b), which is crimped onto the core wire (22) and over which a portion of the second coil (25) is threaded.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resorbable multifilament comprising a number of individual resorbable filaments of a first type having a first degradation time and a number of individual resorbable filaments of a second type having a second degradation time, wherein the filaments of the first type and the filaments of the second type are arranged in close relationship to form a composite multifilament having a length and a specific composite cross-section comprising cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first type and second type, wherein the cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first and second type are located at determined relative positions, wherein the relative positions amongst the individual cross-sections of the filaments of the first and second types are invariant over the length of the composite multifilament.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical support device comprising an essentially flat back wall, a curved front wall, and a pocket defined between the back wall and the front wall for receiving a breast implant and/or tissue, and is characterized in that the area of the back wall (11) is substantially larger than the projected area of the front wall (13), and in that at least part of the back wall is structured to extend outside the projected area of the front wall in an inferior direction and/or in a lateral direction and/or in a medial direction in the frontal plane of an individual, as seen in an implanted state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical support device comprising an essentially flat back wall, a curved front wall, and a pocket defined between the back wall and the front wall for receiving a breast implant and/or tissue, and is characterized in that the area of the back wall is substantially larger than the projected area of the front wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic degradable medical implant, comprising an essentially two-dimensional mesh structure with a width and a modulus of elasticity, for reinforcing abdominal wall tissue at and around an incisional wound. The mesh structure is characterized in that the modulus of elasticity varies continuously or gradually over the width of the two-dimensional mesh structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resorbable multifilament comprising a number of individual resorbable filaments of a first type having a first degradation time and a number of individual resorbable filaments of a second type having a second degradation time, wherein the filaments of the first type and the filaments of the second type are arranged in close relationship to form a composite multifilament having a length and a specific composite cross-section comprising cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first type and second type, wherein the cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first and second type are located at determined relative positions, wherein the relative positions amongst the individual cross-sections of the filaments of the first and second types are invariant over the length of the composite multifilament.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resorbable multifilament comprising a number of individual resorbable filaments of a first type having a first degradation time and a number of individual resorbable filaments of a second type having a second degradation time, wherein the filaments of the first type and the filaments of the second type are arranged in close relationship to form a composite multifilament having a length and a specific composite cross-section comprising cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first type and second type, wherein the cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first and second type are located at determined relative positions, wherein the relative positions amongst the individual cross-sections of the filaments of the first and second types are invariant over the length of the composite multifilament.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for replacing a first introducer, whose distal end is inside a vessel and whose proximal end is outside the skin of a patient, with a second introducer. The method comprises the steps of inserting a guide rod into the first introducer, removing the first introducer, passing the second introducer over the guide rod, and removing the guide rod. The guide rod to be used according to the method has preferably a flexible distal portion with a blunt distal end and a stiff proximal portion with a tapered proximal end.

Abstract: A closure device includes an actuator movable between an initial extended position, a first position, and a second position with respect to a housing of the closure device, an inner seal configured to deploy from a distal end of the closure device when the actuator shifts from the initial extended position to the first position, a biasing mechanism configured to urge the actuator from the first position to the second position when a first pulling force is applied to the housing, and a locking member configured to deploy from the distal end of the closure device when the actuator shifts from the second position to the first position subsequent to deployment of the inner seal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resorbable multifilament comprising a number of individual resorbable filaments of a first type having a first degradation time and a number of individual resorbable filaments of a second type having a second degradation time, wherein the filaments of the first type and the filaments of the second type are arranged in close relationship to form a composite multifilament having a length and a specific composite cross-section comprising cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first type and second type, wherein the cross-sections of the individual filaments of the first and second type are located at determined relative positions, wherein the relative positions amongst the individual cross-sections of the filaments of the first and second types are invariant over the length of the composite multifilament.

Abstract: A device having an inner seal and a retaining assembly seals a puncture in a blood vessel. The inner seal is placed inside the blood vessel and seals the puncture by contacting the inner surface wall of the blood vessel. The retaining assembly has at least two loops which engage the inner seal. Each loop may remain in substantial contact with the inner seal for substantially 360 degrees of the travel of each loop. The at least two loops may lie in a plane which is parallel to both the major axis of the inner seal and a folding axis. A locking member may be slid along the retaining assembly so as to contact the outer surface wall of the blood vessel.

Abstract: The invention provides an introducer sheath (1, 21, 51), whose distal end is to be positioned inside a vessel (10, 32, 62), at a predetermined distance from the wall (9, 31, 61) of the vessel (10, 32, 62). The introducer sheath (1, 21, 51) comprises a distal portion (2, 22, 52) with a first diameter and a proximal portion (3, 23, 53) with a second diameter, the first diameter being smaller than the diameter of the puncture hole and the second diameter being larger than the diameter of the puncture hole.

Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in the wall of a blood vessel includes: an insertion tool having an actuator which is operable in a first mode in which the actuator is configured for deployment of an inner seal inside the vessel and operable in a second mode in which the actuator is configured for tamping a locking member on an outside of the vessel, where the actuator is arranged to be set into the second mode in response to a pulling force acting on a filament connecting the inner seal and the locking member.