摘要 |
Plug (1) for closing off a tear-duct (12) which plug (1) is provided with two extremities. The plug (1) has a shaft (2) which at one of the two extremities is provided with a broadened head (3) with a lower surface and an edge. The lower surface has an at least partially bent shape. The shaft (2) comprises a broadened part (4) which slopes in the direction of both extremities. The broadened head (3) has a hollow curvature (7) and the edge of the broadened head (3) is bent back in the direction of the broadened part. The plug (1) is made of a moist absorbing material which is not soluble in water, for instance a modified HEMA, to which substances have been added for increasing the moist absorption and an inflammation inhibitor, for instance heparin. |