Patents by Inventor Nathalia ARAUJO
Nathalia ARAUJO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240090994Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: ESTABLISHMENT LABS S.A.Inventors: Juan José Chacón Quirós, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Salvador Dada, Nathalia Araujo, Josue Cascante, Rudy A. Mazzocchi
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Patent number: 11883069Abstract: A medical device may include a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Juan José Chacón Quirós, Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Nathalia Araujo, Matthew Solar, Nicholas Lewin
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Patent number: 11857409Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Juan José Chacón Quirós, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Salvador Dada, Nathalia Araujo, Josue Cascante, Rudy A. Mazzocchi
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Publication number: 20230270517Abstract: Tissue expanders and methods of their manufacture and use are disclosed herein. A tissue expander shell according to the present disclosure may include a shape and topography that facilitates uniform or substantially uniform expansion and contraction of the tissue expander. In at least one example, the shell may include a series of topographical features, such as ridges, grooves, channels, valleys, canals, protrusions, pleats, creases, or folds. In some embodiments, these features may have a curved or wavy cross sectional profile. For example, the shell may include a series of concentric curved ridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Nicole Martinez, Nathalia Araujo, Roberto De Mezerville, Juan José Chacón Quirós
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Publication number: 20230225761Abstract: A medical device may include a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Juan José Chacón Quirós, Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Nathalia Araujo, Matthew Solar, Nicholas Lewin
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Patent number: 11672565Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11622791Abstract: A medical device may include a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Juan José Chacón Quirós, Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Nathalia Araujo, Matthew Solar, Nicholas Lewin
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Patent number: 11571271Abstract: Tissue expanders and methods of their manufacture and use are disclosed herein. A tissue expander shell according to the present disclosure may include a shape and topography that facilitates uniform or substantially uniform expansion and contraction of the tissue expander. In at least one example, the shell may include a series of topographical features, such as ridges, grooves, channels, valleys, canals, protrusions, pleats, creases, or folds. In some embodiments, these features may have a curved or wavy cross sectional profile. For example, the shell may include a series of concentric curved ridges.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Nicole Martinez, Nathalia Araujo, Roberto De Mezerville, Juan José Chacón Quirós
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Publication number: 20220338808Abstract: Medical implants including sensors are described. The implant may have a flexible shell with a base, wherein the plurality of sensors may be incorporated onto and/or into the shell. The plurality of sensors may be distributed at different locations of the shell. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors may be configured to measure one or more parameters such as, e.g., temperature and/or pressure, and may comprise an electromagnetic coil useful for wireless transmission of data. Each sensor may be configured to transmit data at a frequency different from the frequency of one or more of the other sensors, may be configured to transmit data at a time different from a time data is transmitted by one or more of the other sensors, and/or may include a device identifier different from the device identifier of one or more of the other sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Denise DAJLES, Juan José DELGADO, Nathalia ARAUJO, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS
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Publication number: 20220323108Abstract: A medical device may include a shalt extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may he coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS, Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Nathalia Araujo, Matthew Solar, Nicholas Lewin
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Publication number: 20220280190Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Jose Pablo Viquez, Eckart Holst, Solange Vindas, Ariel Seidner H., Matthew Solar, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José Chacón Quirós, Thomas Fuller, Nathalia Araujo
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Publication number: 20210353831Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Ariel SEIDNER H., Nathalia ARAUJO, John HANCOCK, Thomas FULLER, Arikha MOSES, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS
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Publication number: 20210346150Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, John HANCOCK, Salvador DADA, Nathalia ARAUJO, Josue CASCANTE, Rudy A. MAZZOCCHI
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Publication number: 20210338280Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20210204976Abstract: A medical device may include a shalt extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: ESTABLISHMENT LABS S.A.Inventors: Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS, Rudy A. MAZZOCCHI, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, John HANCOCK, Nathalia ARAUJO, Matthew SOLAR, Nicholas LEWIN
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Patent number: 11045307Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Juan José Chacón Quirós, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Salvador Dada, Nathalia Araujo, Josue Cascante, Rudy A. Mazzocchi
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Patent number: 10905466Abstract: A medical device may include a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Juan Jose Chacon Quiros, Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Roberto De Mezerville, John Hancock, Nathalia Araujo, Matthew Solar, Nicholas Lewin
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Patent number: 10842613Abstract: Devices and methods of treatment useful in implantation and post-implantation procedures are described. The devices and methods may be used to correct deformities and/or asymmetries in tissues near an implant, support tissues near an implant, and/or refine the shape of an area of the body after placement of an implant, for example. The method may include inserting a cannula into tissue adjacent to or near an implant of a patient, and delivering fat or other filler material(s) to the tissue, wherein the cannula is configured to prevent or otherwise minimize the risk of damaging the implant, e.g., a breast implant. The cannula may include an elongate member having a lumen therein, an atraumatic distal tip, and an opening disposed proximal to the distal tip, the opening being in fluid communication with the lumen for delivering the fat or other filler material(s).Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Establishment Labs, S.A.Inventors: Marcos Sforza, Juan José Chacón Quirós, Nicole Martínez, Nathalia Araujo, Roberto De Mezerville
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Publication number: 20190290382Abstract: Tissue expanders and methods of their manufacture and use are disclosed herein. A tissue expander shell according to the present disclosure may include a shape and topography that facilitates uniform or substantially uniform expansion and contraction of the tissue expander. In at least one example, the shell may include a series of topographical features, such as ridges, grooves, channels, valleys, canals, protrusions, pleats, creases, or folds. In some embodiments, these features may have a curved or wavy cross sectional profile. For example, the shell may include a series of concentric curved ridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Nicole MARTINEZ, Nathalia ARAUJO, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, Juan José Chacón QUIRÓS
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Publication number: 20190142574Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Establishment Labs S.A.Inventors: Juan José Chacón QUIRÓS, Roberto DE MEZERVILLE, John HANCOCK, Salvador DADA, Nathalia ARAUJO, Josue CASCANTE, Rudy A. MAZZOCCHI