Lipolysis device, lipolysis method, and electric power generation method
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Harano, Hideyuki Kumita, Yuji Kintaka, Fumiko Mori, Nobuhiko Tanaka
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Abstract
A lipolysis device that includes: a base material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a glycerol introduction portion on the first surface of the base material, the glycerol introduction portion having a protrusion containing a lipolytic enzyme or a peptide compound having equivalent activity to that of the lipolytic enzyme; and a glycerol oxidation portion on the second surface of the base material, the glycerol oxidation portion containing glycerol oxidase that oxidizes glycerol introduced from the glycerol introduction portion.
Claims19
A lipolysis device comprising:
- a base material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
- a glycerol introduction portion on the first surface of the base material, the glycerol introduction portion having a protrusion containing a lipolytic enzyme or a peptide compound having equivalent activity to that of the lipolytic enzyme;
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- a glycerol oxidation portion on the second surface of the base material, the glycerol oxidation portion containing glycerol oxidase that oxidizes glycerol introduced from the glycerol introduction portion.
A lipolysis method for decomposing fat in a living body, the lipolysis method comprising:
- using a lipolysis device that includes a base material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
- a glycerol introduction portion on the first surface of the base material, the glycerol introduction portion having a protrusion containing a lipolytic enzyme or a peptide compound having equivalent activity to that of the lipolytic enzyme;
- and a glycerol oxidation portion on the second surface of the base material, the glycerol oxidation portion containing glycerol oxidase to prick the living body with the protrusion containing the lipolytic enzyme or the peptide compound having equivalent activity to that of the lipolytic enzyme so as to decompose fat in the living body and obtain glycerol;
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- oxidizing the glycerol with glycerol oxidase in the glycerol oxidation portion.
An electric power generation method for generating electric power using fat in a living body as fuel, the electric power generation method comprising:
- pricking the living body with a protrusion, the protrusion containing lipolytic enzyme or a peptide compound having equivalent activity to that of the lipolytic enzyme so as to decompose fat in the living body and obtain glycerol;
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- oxidizing the glycerol in an anode containing glycerol oxidase, and reducing oxygen in air in a cathode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.