Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
Minimally invasive endoscopic weight loss devices and systems
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- AUSTIN, TX
- Latest Form D
- $25M, Jul 2020
- Total capital
- $62.4M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $62.4M
- 4 Form D · last Jul 2020
- 75 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 32
- 8 pending · first 2017
- Rank in peer group#41 of 1112
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$25M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$20M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$12.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$4.9M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 1112 peers
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- Granted patents#41 · top 4%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Bret SchwartzhoffExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Bruce RobertsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Christopher J. GostoutExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David C. PacittiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dennis McWilliamsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jack B NielsenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 18 people
- John BarrDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John W CreecyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John C. MolesphiniExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Julie C. ShimerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Matthew CrawfordDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael S. DotyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard J MeeliaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rick J AndersonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- R. Kent S. McGaughy, Jr.DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stefanie CavanaughExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Todd NewtonExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William D. McClellanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 32 granted of 40- GrantedSurgical Fastener Deployment SystemUSPTOUS 12,527,565
- GrantedIncisionless Endoluminal Gastric Tissue Approximation for the Treatment of ObesityUSPTOUS 11,832,808
- GrantedSurgical Fastener Deployment SystemUSPTOUS 11,819,203
Show all 40 patent records
- Surgical Fastener Deployment SystemJan 20, 2026 · US 12,527,565Granted
- Incisionless Endoluminal Gastric Tissue Approximation for the Treatment of ObesityDec 5, 2023 · US 11,832,808Granted
- Surgical Fastener Deployment SystemNov 21, 2023 · US 11,819,203Granted
- Endoscopic Needle AssemblyNov 14, 2023 · US 11,812,951Granted
- Method Of Endoscopic Lesion TractionOct 12, 2023 · Application 17716598Pending
- Endoscopic Suture Loop Anchors And MethodsJun 13, 2023 · US 11,672,525Granted
- Methods And Systems For Performing Submucosal Medical ProceduresApr 25, 2023 · US 11,633,207Granted
- Endoscopic Suturing SystemJan 31, 2023 · US 11,564,677Granted
- Endoscopic Needle AssemblyDec 27, 2022 · US 11,534,160Granted
- Endoscopic Suturing System Having External Instrument ChannelOct 12, 2021 · US 11,141,147Granted
- Device and Method for Securing Endoscope Relative to Suturing SystemAug 17, 2021 · US 11,090,041Granted
- Endoscopic Suturing System Having External Instrument ChannelJul 6, 2021 · US 11,051,800Granted
- Method Of Implanting An Intragastric BalloonMar 2, 2021 · US 10,932,935Granted
- Method of endoscopic suturingOct 13, 2020 · US 10,799,232Granted
- Duodenal Sleeve and Anchor and Methods of ImplantationAug 11, 2020 · US 10,736,764Granted
- Endoscopic Suture Loop Anchors and MethodsMay 5, 2020 · US 10,639,028Granted
- Endoscopic Suture CinchOct 22, 2019 · US 10,448,946Granted
- Surgical Fastener Deployment SystemOct 1, 2019 · US 10,426,457Granted
- Flexible Endoscopic Torqueable DevicesMar 26, 2019 · US 10,238,411Granted
- Anchored Non-piercing Duodenal Sleeve And Delivery SystemsJan 10, 2019 · Application 16126326Pending
- Bariatric Device And Method For Weight LossOct 30, 2018 · US 10,111,771Granted
- Prevention And Treatment Of Pain Using Antibodies To Lysophosphatidic AcidOct 18, 2018 · Application 15920382Pending
- Anchored Non-piercing Duodenal Sleeve And Delivery SystemsSep 11, 2018 · US 10,070,980Granted
- Method of Implanting an Intragastric BalloonJul 10, 2018 · US 10,016,294Granted
- Intragastric Balloon SystemJul 3, 2018 · US 10,010,440Granted
- Upper Stomach Gastric ImplantsMay 1, 2018 · US 9,956,105Granted
- Reactive Intragastric Implant DevicesFeb 20, 2018 · US 9,895,246Granted
- Space-Filling Intragastric Implants with Fluid FlowFeb 20, 2018 · US 9,895,247Granted
- Non-inflatable Gastric Implants And SystemsOct 31, 2017 · US 9,801,747Granted
- Intragastric Balloon for Treating ObesityOct 24, 2017 · US 9,795,498Granted
- Endoscopic Suture Cinch System With Replaceable CinchOct 17, 2017 · US 9,788,831Granted
- Non-Inflatable Gastric Implants and SystemsSep 14, 2017 · Application 15608497Pending
- Intragastric Implants with Collapsible FramesJun 20, 2017 · US 9,681,974Granted
- Intragastric Implants With Duodenal AnchorsJun 6, 2017 · US 9,668,901Granted
- Stomach-Spanning Gastric ImplantsMay 25, 2017 · Application 15402976Pending
- Endolumenal Esophageal Restriction DeviceMay 23, 2017 · US 9,655,757Granted
- Endoscopic Tools for the Removal of Balloon-Like Intragastric DevicesApr 20, 2017 · Application 15394733Pending
- Endoscopic Tools for the Removal of Balloon-Like Intragastric DevicesApr 4, 2017 · US 9,610,184Granted
- Endoscopic Suture Cinch SystemMar 30, 2017 · Application 15373119Pending
- Variable Size Intragastric Implant DevicesMar 9, 2017 · Application 15289759Pending
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Regulatory activity · Medtech
- New Animal Drugs; Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Application; Change of SponsorFood and Drug Administration
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Sources
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