US 11,672,565 B2
Introducer devices and methods of use thereof
Jose Pablo Viquez, Alajuela (CR); Eckart Holst, Alajuela (CR); Solange Vindas, Alajuela (CR); Ariel Seidner H., Alajuela (CR); Matthew Solar, Melbourne, FL (US); Roberto De Mezerville, Alajuela (CR); Juan José Chacón Quirós, Alajuela (CR); Thomas Fuller, Alajuela (CR); and Nathalia Araujo, Alajuela (CR)
Assigned to Establishment Labs S.A., Alajuela (CR)
Filed by ESTABLISHMENT LABS S.A., Alajuela (CR)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,635.
Application 17/749,635 is a continuation of application No. 17/282,403, previously published as PCT/IB2019/058401, filed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,693, filed on Oct. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280190 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3468 (2013.01) [A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00535 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00792 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00796 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant introducer, comprising:
a handle;
a nozzle coupled to the handle, the nozzle having:
a cavity configured to receive an implant; and
a distal opening; and
a flexible membrane defining a chamber, wherein when the chamber receives a fluid, the flexible membrane expands into the cavity of the nozzle and pushes the implant through the distal opening of the nozzle.