US 11,883,069 B2
Apparatuses for the implantation of medical devices and methods of use thereof
Juan José Chacón Quirós, Alajuela (CR); Rudy A. Mazzocchi, New York, NY (US); Roberto De Mezerville, Alajuela (CR); John Hancock, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Nathalia Araujo, Alajuela (CR); Matthew Solar, Melbourne, FL (US); and Nicholas Lewin, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Establishment Labs S.A., Alajuela (CR)
Filed by ESTABLISHMENT LABS S.A., Alajuela (CR)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/128,606.
Application 17/128,606 is a division of application No. 16/092,878, granted, now 10,905,466, previously published as PCT/US2017/027807, filed on Apr. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/393,970, filed on Sep. 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/323,160, filed on Apr. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204976 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/3468 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61M 5/2053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00548 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00792 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00796 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02); A61F 2250/009 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0071 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3128 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1007 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a medical device including a shaft and a handle, the method comprising:
applying a vacuum pressure to a lumen of the shaft to draw an implant into the lumen; and
applying an expulsion pressure to the lumen via an actuator to expel the implant from a distal end of the shaft through a tapered nozzle, wherein the implant is a breast implant or a gluteal implant, and drawing the implant into the lumen compresses the implant.