| abstract |
Described are occlusion instruments ( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) comprising bioresorbable and thermoplastically deformable polymers with or without shape memory characteristics, which contain radiopaque building groups in the repeat units of the polymer chains and/or are modified with bioresorbable, radiopaque nanoparticles. The polymers display sufficient strength and deformability, good bioresorbability and sufficient visibility in radiance and are particularly useful for producing metal-free occlusion instruments for closing defects of the septum in the heart, the positioning of which being monitorable using routine diagnostic methods. |