US Patent Issued to Establishment Labs on April 15 for "Apparatuses for the implantation of medical devices and methods of use thereof" (American, Costa Rican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,474, issued on April 15, was assigned to Establishment Labs S.A. (Alajuela, Costa Rica).

"Apparatuses for the implantation of medical devices and methods of use thereof" was invented by Juan Jose Chacon Quiros (Alajuela, Costa Rica), Rudy A. Mazzocchi (Coral Springs, Fla.), Roberto De Mezerville (Alajuela, Costa Rica), John Hancock (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Nathalia Araujo (Alajuela, Costa Rica), Matthew Solar (Alajuela, Costa Rica) and Nicholas Lewin (Alajuela, Costa Rica).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device may include a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The med...