The invention relates to the use of a spongy material for the production
of an implant (10) designed to obstruct a cyst neck (3). As spongy
material especially the polyvinyl alcohol Ivalon can be employed.
The invention furthermore relates to a set of instruments for the
introduction of such an implant (10) made of a spongy material into a
cyst neck (3) with said set of instruments consisting of a puncture
needle (5) for the insertion of a guide wire (6), a guide wire (6) the
distal end of which can be introduced into the cyst neck (3), an implant
needle (7) provided at its proximal end with a connection element, a
feeding unit (8) that can be attached via the connection element to the
implant needle (7), and the implant (10) proper which consists of a
spongy material and can be introduced via said feeding unit (8) through
the implant needle (7) into the cyst neck (3). The inventive set of
instruments may in particular be used for the treatment of Baker's cysts.