US 12,274,474 B2
Apparatuses for the implantation of medical devices and methods of use thereof
Juan José Chacón Quirós, Alajuela (CR); Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Coral Springs, FL (US); Roberto De Mezerville, Alajuela (CR); John Hancock, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Nathalia Araujo, Alajuela (CR); Matthew Solar, Alajuela (CR); and Nicholas Lewin, Alajuela (CR)
Assigned to Establishment Labs S.A., Alajuela (CR)
Filed by ESTABLISHMENT LABS S.A., Alajuela (CR)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,819.
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.
Application 18/123,819 is a continuation of application No. 17/733,814, filed on Apr. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,622,791.
Application 17/733,814 is a continuation of application No. 17/128,606, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,883,069.
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 2023/0225761 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01)
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 2250/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2250/009 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3128 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A medical device, comprising:
a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft including a lumen therein;
a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and including a mode selector, wherein the mode selector is adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device; and
a compressed fluid source fluidly coupled with the shaft;
wherein, in the first mode, the compressed fluid source is fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen, and wherein in the second mode, the compressed fluid source is fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.