Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Cartessa Aesthetics, LLC is a private company headquartered in Melville, New York, founded in 2017 by Gabe Lubin. The company operates in the aesthetic medical device industry, with estimated annual revenues ranging from $50 million to $100 million. Employee counts vary across sources, with estimates generally between 143 and 337 employees.
Cartessa Aesthetics focuses on sourcing and distributing cutting-edge aesthetic medical devices to dermatologists, plastic surgeons, cosmetic physicians, and medical spas across the U.S. and Canada. Their product portfolio includes various technologies for laser resurfacing, body contouring, radiofrequency (RF) microneedling, laser hair removal, and skin analysis. Notable offerings include the VirtueRF Microneedling system, Physiq 360 body-contouring treatments, QUADESSY radiofrequency microneedling device, and Chronos exosomes for regenerative aesthetics.
In terms of patent litigation, Cartessa Aesthetics, LLC exhibits the posture of an operating company defending its business. The company has been involved in one tracked case as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff. This single instance suggests they are typically a target of litigation rather than an assertive patent litigant.
The sole tracked case involving Cartessa Aesthetics, LLC is Edge Systems LLC v. Cartessa Aesthetics, LLC, in which Cartessa Aesthetics is a defendant in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In April 2022, a Magistrate Judge granted Cartessa Aesthetics' motion to stay this litigation pending the resolution of Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) filed against the patents in question.
Edge Systems LLC (later HydraFacial LLC) filed this suit against Cartessa Aesthetics, LLC. HydraFacial moved for summary judgment in November 2022, seeking a ruling that the '052 Patent was not invalid.