| abstract |
The implant according to the invention is suitable for being anchored with the aid of mechanical vibration in an opening provided in bone tissue. The implant is compressible in the direction of a compression axis under local enlargement of a distance between a peripheral implant surface and the compression axis. The implant comprises a coupling-in face which serves for coupling a compressing force and the mechanical vibrations into the implant, which coupling-in face is not parallel to the compression axis. The implant further comprises a thermoplastic material which in areas of the local distance enlargement forms at least a part of the peripheral surface of the implant. |