IMPLANT FOR INFLUENCING THE BLOOD FLOW IN ARTERIOVENOUS DEFECTS

摘要

The invention relates to an implant (1) for blood vessels, said implant having a wall made up of individual filaments (2). Individual filaments (2) cross one another and form intersections (3) with one another. The filament ends are in each case brought together at least in pairs at the proximal and/or distal end of the mesh and are permanently interconnected, wherein the interconnected filament ends are shaped to be atraumatic, and wherein the filaments (2) crossing one another at the intersections (3) lying distally from the filament ends are connected directly or indirectly to one another at the proximal end (10) of the implant (1). This ensures that the implant (1), after release, also expands at the proximal end as far as the vessel walls, and the filament ends do not protrude into the vessel lumen.