Allurion Announces Notification of Issuance of New U.S. Patent on Next-Generation Weight Loss Device for the Treatment of Obesity
21 Janvier 2025 - 2:30PM
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Allurion Technologies, Inc. (“Allurion” or the “Company”) (NYSE:
ALUR), a company dedicated to ending obesity, today announced that
it has received an Issue Notification from the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) dated January 15, 2025 for U.S. Patent No.
12,209,677 titled “Binary Fluid Control Valve System”. This patent
covers additional claims for an enhanced, next-generation version
of Allurion’s proprietary Balloon technology and the introduction
of innovative features, particularly to the precision of the valve
system that controls balloon opening. The patent is expected to
provide protection through July 2039. With the issuance of this
patent, the Company now has 20 patents issued in the U.S. and 59
patents issued globally.
The Allurion Program is a weight-loss platform that combines the
Allurion Gastric Balloon, the world’s first and only swallowable,
procedure-less™ gastric balloon for weight loss with the Allurion
Virtual Care Suite, including the Allurion Mobile App and Connected
Scale for consumers and Allurion Insights for healthcare providers
featuring the Iris AI Platform. Patients on the Allurion Program
lose an average of 10-15% of their total body weight and in certain
studies have been shown to increase their muscle mass.1
Shantanu Gaur, Allurion’s Founder and CEO, noted, “Our new
patent enhances our already robust, global patent portfolio. With
it, we now have amassed 20 issued patents in the U.S. and 59 issued
patents globally. This growing portfolio is a testament to the
creativity of our R&D team, the moat we have built around our
commercialization efforts, and the uniqueness of our innovative
weight loss solutions for the treatment of obesity.”
About Allurion
Allurion is dedicated to ending obesity. The Allurion Program is
a weight-loss platform that combines the Allurion Gastric Balloon,
the world’s first and only swallowable, procedure-less™ gastric
balloon for weight loss, the Allurion Virtual Care Suite, including
the Allurion Mobile App for consumers and Allurion Insights for
healthcare providers featuring the Iris AI Platform, and the
Allurion Connected Scale. The Allurion Virtual Care Suite is also
available to providers separately from the Allurion Program to help
customize, monitor, and manage weight-loss therapy for patients
regardless of their treatment plan. The Allurion Gastric Balloon is
an investigational device in the United States.
For more information about Allurion and the Allurion Virtual
Care Suite, please visit www.allurion.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the U.S. federal and state securities laws.
These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the
words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “target,”
“may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will
likely result,” and similar expressions and include statements
regarding the expected patent protection and enhancement of
Allurion’s products and services and the intellectual property
rights therein, Allurion’s ability to improve existing technologies
and introduce new product features, market acceptance of such
improved and new technologies and features, the success of
Allurion’s commercialization efforts, the uniqueness of Allurion’s
product and service offerings and other statements about future
events that reflect the current beliefs and assumptions of
Allurion’s management based on information currently available to
them and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other
statements about future events that reflect the current beliefs and
assumptions of Allurion’s management based on information currently
available to them and, as a result, are subject to risks and
uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future results or
developments to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements in this press release, including but not limited to (i)
the ability of Allurion to obtain regulatory approval for and
successfully commercialize the Allurion Program, (ii) the timing of
and results from its clinical studies and trials, (iii) the
evolution of the markets in which Allurion competes and the rise of
GLP-1 drugs, (iv) the ability of Allurion to defend its
intellectual property and satisfy regulatory requirements, (v) the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war and
Israel-Hamas war on Allurion’s business, (vi) Allurion’s
expectations regarding its market opportunities, (vii) the outcome
of any legal proceedings against Alurion, and (viii) the risk of
economic downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the
highly competitive industry in which Allurion operates. The
foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully
consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and
uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 26, 2026 and
Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on April 29, 2024, the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 2024 and other
documents filed by Allurion from time to time with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings identify and
address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual events and results to differ materially from those contained
in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put
undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Allurion assumes
no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise. Allurion does not give any assurance
that it will achieve its expectations.
1 Dejeu et al. Clin. Pract. 2024, 14(3), 765-778;
https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract14030061
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