Patents Assigned to Lab, S.A.
  • Textured surfaces for implants
    Patent number: 11202698
    Abstract: An implant material having an implant surface comprising a plurality of tissue-contacting members arranged in a regular or irregular two-dimensional array, each tissue-contacting member having a convex curved tissue-contacting surface. Methods of preparing and using such implant materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Ernie Hill, Ardeshir Bayat, Simon Barr
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO DETERMINE A MODIFIED ELECTRONIC IMAGE FOR BREAST PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20210383915
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing images to determine a modified image The method may include receiving profile data associated with a subject, the profile data comprising three-dimensional image data corresponding to at least a portion of a torso of the subject. A three-dimensional model may be determined based on the profile data, and a breast volume model may be determined based on the three dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Gerardo MORA, Gerson RODRIGUEZ, Raghu RAGHAVAN, Martin BRADY, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS
  • GRAVITY SENSITIVE SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20210361410
    Abstract: A gravity sensitive silicone breast implant is provided which, in various embodiments, has a soft, natural feel and adapts shape after implantation responsive to gravity, according to movements of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Jose CHACON QUIROS, Salvador DADA, Olivier TOURNIAIRE, Luis M. GUTIERREZ
  • Voltage sampler driver with enhanced high-frequency gain
    Patent number: 11183982
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for receiving, at an input differential branch pair, a set of input signals, and responsively generating a first differential current, receiving, at an input of an offset voltage branch pair, an offset voltage control signal, and responsively generating a second differential current, supplementing a high-frequency component of the second differential current by injecting a high-pass filtered version of the set of input signals into the input of the offset voltage branch pair using a high-pass filter, and generating an output differential current based on the first and second differential currents using an amplifier stage connected to the input differential branch pair and the offset voltage branch pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventor: Armin Tajalli
  • Programmable continuous time linear equalizer having stabilized high-frequency peaking for controlling operating current of a slicer
    Patent number: 11183983
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described that include a differential amplifier driving an active load circuit, the active load circuit having a pair of load transistors and a high-frequency gain stage providing high frequency peaking for the active load circuit according to a frequency response characteristic determined in part by resistive values of a pair of active resistors connected, respectively, to gates of the pair of load transistors, and a bias circuit configured to stabilize the high frequency peaking of the high-frequency gain stage by generating a process-and-temperature variation (PVT)-dependent control voltage at gates of the active resistors to stabilize the resistive values of the pair of active resistors to account for PVT-dependent voltages at the gates of the pair of load transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventors: Armin Tajalli, Christoph Walter
  • SCAFFOLDING FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210353831
    Abstract: Scaffolding constructs, medical devices comprising scaffolding constructs, and related methods of manufacturing and treatment are described. The scaffolding construct may comprise a biocompatible material, such as a polymer, copolymer, or hydrogel. The scaffolding construct may be porous and at least partially bioresorbable. Further, for example, the scaffolding construct may define a cavity for securing a medical implant therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Ariel SEIDNER H., Nathalia ARAUJO, John HANCOCK, Thomas FULLER, Arikha MOSES, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS
  • Decision feedback equalization correction of eye scope measurements
    Patent number: 11177894
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for obtaining a plurality of BER-specific correction values by comparing a first set of BER values obtained by sampling, at a sampling instant near the center of a signaling interval, a non-DFE corrected received signal with a second set of BER values obtained by sampling a DFE-corrected received signal at the sampling instant. A set of eye-scope BER measurements are obtained, each eye-scope BER measurement having a sampling offset relative to the sampling instant, a voltage offset value representing a voltage offset applied to alter a decision threshold, and an eye-scope BER value. A set of DFE-adjusted eye-scope BER measurements are generated by using BER-specific correction values to adjust the voltage offset values of the eye-scope BER measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventor: Richard Simpson
  • MEDICAL IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210346150
    Abstract: Medical implants comprising biocompatible materials and having surface features that may assist in biocompatibility upon implantation in the body are described. Methods for manufacturing such implants are also described. The manufacturing process may include applying a biocompatible material to a texturized surface of a mold. The implants may include various features to assist their positioning, fixation, and/or identification during and/or after implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, John HANCOCK, Salvador DADA, Nathalia ARAUJO, Josue CASCANTE, Rudy A. MAZZOCCHI
  • INTRODUCER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210338280
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a medical implant introducer (100) and methods of its use. The introducer (100) may include a handle (120), an implant-holding cavity disposed distally from the handle (120), a fluid supply conduit (122) fluidly coupled to an interior portion of the implant-holding cavity, and a distal nozzle (110) having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a middle portion in between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the middle portion having a tapered profile such that the proximal portion is larger than the distal portion, and a distal opening (112), wherein an implant in the implant-holding cavity may be expelled from the introducer (100) through the distal opening (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Pablo VIQUEZ, Eckart HOLST, Solange VINDAS, Ariel SEIDNER H., Matthew SOLAR, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS, Thomas FULLER, Nathalia ARAUJO
  • TEXTURED SURFACES FOR BREAST IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20210338406
    Abstract: The invention provides new devices for implantation in a patient having irregular textured surfaces, which devices show significantly improved cellular response compared to conventional smooth and textured implants, indicating that significantly improved biocompatibility would be achieved in vivo. Methods for making such new devices and surface textures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: ESTABLISHMENT LABS S.A.
    Inventors: Ardeshir BAYAT, Ernie HILL, Daniel KYLE, Antonios OIKONOMOU
  • Clock data recovery with decision feedback equalization
    Patent number: 11165611
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating two comparator outputs by comparing a received signal to a first threshold and a second threshold according to a sampling clock, the first and second thresholds determined by an estimated amount of inter-symbol interference on a multi-wire bus, selecting one of the two comparator outputs as a data decision, the selection based on at least one prior data decision, and selecting one of the two comparator outputs as a phase-error decision, the phase error decision selected in response to identification of a predetermined data decision pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventors: Ali Hormati, Richard Simpson
  • Passive multi-input comparator for orthogonal codes on a multi-wire bus
    Patent number: 11159350
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for receiving a plurality of signals via a plurality of wires of a multi-wire bus, the plurality of signals corresponding to symbols of a codeword of a vector signaling code, generating, using an interconnected resistor network connected to the plurality of wires of the multi-wire bus, a plurality of combinations of the symbols of the codeword of the vector signaling code on a plurality of output nodes, the plurality of output nodes including a plurality of pairs of sub-channel output nodes associated with respective sub-channels of a plurality of sub-channels, and generating a plurality of sub-channel outputs using a plurality of differential transistor pairs, each differential transistor pair of the plurality of differential transistor pairs connected to a respective pair of sub-channel output nodes of the plurality of pairs of sub-channel output nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Kandou Labs, S.A.
    Inventors: Armin Tajalli, Chen Cao, Kiarash Gharibdoust
  • Fast, embedded, hybrid video face recognition system
    Patent number: 11138413
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment relates to the field of Automatic Face Recognition (AFR) systems. More specifically one exemplary embodiment relates at least to a method and a system capable of recognizing the face of a person using a device equipped with a camera of any kind and an associated computer, such as an embedded computer. The system is alternatively suitable to be implemented as an embedded system with minimal processing hardware capabilities, consuming very low power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: IRIDA LABS S.A.
    Inventors: Dimitris Kastaniotis, Ilias Theodorakopoulos, Nikos Fragoulis
  • Distributed electrostatic discharge scheme to improve analog front-end bandwidth of receiver in high-speed signaling system
    Patent number: 11128129
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for selectively providing a signal path from a respective wire of a multi-wire bus to at least one corresponding data signal output node of at least one set of differential data signal output nodes using a respective switching element in a respective set of signal path circuits connected in parallel, and generating a set of discharge currents, each discharge current of the set of discharge currents generated through a respective resistive element in the respective set of signal path circuits to discharge a portion of a voltage pulse on the respective wire of the multi-wire bus to one or more metallic planes via a respective localized ESD protection circuit, the respective resistive element and the respective localized ESD protection circuit connected between the respective wire and the respective switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventors: Kiarash Gharibdoust, Suhas Rattan, Pallavi Muktesh
  • High speed communications system
    Patent number: 11115249
    Abstract: Transmission of baseband and carrier-modulated vector codewords, using a plurality of encoders, each encoder configured to receive information bits and to generate a set of baseband-encoded symbols representing a vector codeword; one or more modulation circuits, each modulation circuit configured to operate on a corresponding set of baseband-encoded symbols, and using a respective unique carrier frequency, to generate a set of carrier-modulated encoded symbols; and, a summation circuit configured to generate a set of wire-specific outputs, each wire-specific output representing a sum of respective symbols of the carrier-modulated encoded symbols and at least one set of baseband-encoded symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventors: Ali Hormati, Armin Tajalli, Amin Shokrollahi
  • Sampler offset calibration during operation
    Patent number: 11115246
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for sampling a data signal using a data sampler operating in a data signal processing path having a decision threshold associated with a decision feedback equalization (DFE) correction factor, measuring an eye opening of the data signal by adjusting a decision threshold of a spare sampler operating outside of the data signal processing path to determine a center-of-eye value for the decision threshold of the spare sampler, initializing the decision threshold of the spare sampler based on the center-of-eye value and the DFE correction factor, generating respective sets of phase-error signals for the spare sampler and the data sampler responsive to a detection of a predetermined data pattern, and updating the decision threshold of the data sampler based on an accumulation of differences in phase-error signals of the respective sets of phase-error signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KANDOU LABS, S.A.
    Inventor: Ali Hormati
  • Gravity sensitive silicone breast implants
    Patent number: 11109956
    Abstract: A gravity sensitive silicone breast implant is provided which, in various embodiments, has a soft, natural feel and adapts shape after implantation responsive to gravity, according to movements of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Jose Chacon Quiros, Salvador Dada, Olivier Tourniaire, Luis M. Gutierrez
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATION AND MODELING OF COMBINED AUGMENTATION PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20210267688
    Abstract: Systems and methods for devising and/or simulating surgical augmentation procedures including combinations of implants and secondary materials are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes receiving parameters for a pre-operative state of an implantation site, receiving parameters for a post-operative state of the implantation site, automatically generating a hybrid strategy for achieving the post-operative state from the preoperative state, wherein the hybrid strategy includes a proposed implant volume and a proposed volume of a secondary material, and generating a simulation of the post-operative state of the implantation site using the proposed implant volume and the proposed volume of the secondary material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.
    Inventors: Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS, Marcos SFORZA, Rafael G. CORRALES, Raghu RAGHAVAN, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Rudy A. MAZZOCCHI, Martin BRADY, Gerardo MORA, Gerson RODRIGUEZ
  • IMPLANTS WITH SYMMETRIC SHAPE
    Publication number: 20210259823
    Abstract: Implants having symmetry are described. The implant may comprise a biocompatible material and have at least two planes of symmetry, including symmetry about an equator of the implant. The implant may be a body contouring implant, wherein a posterior side of the implant is symmetric about the equator to an anterior side of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: ESTABLISHMENT LABS S.A.
    Inventors: Camila GARCIA, Solange VINDAS, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS
  • Device and method for the treatment of joint instability
    Patent number: 11090488
    Abstract: The device (1) for the treatment of joint instability and dyskinesia comprises: an inertial sensor (11, 12) for detecting the movements of a limb (2) of a person, adapted to produce movement signals; an electrostimulation element (14) that can be positioned at a predetermined point of the patient's body so as to electrically stimulate muscles involved in the movement of the limb (2); a waveform generator (15) for supplying the electrostimulation element (14); and a processing means (4) connected to the inertial sensor (11, 12) and to the generator (15), comprising: a position module (41) configured to determine positions of the limb (2) on the basis of the movement signals; and a stimulation module (42) configured to produce stimulation signals adapted to control the operation of the generator (15), on the basis of one or more positions of the limb (2) determined by the position module (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NCS LAB S.R.L.
    Inventor: Matteo Mantovani