Cooling devices with flexible sensors
AssigneeZeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
InventorsMitchell Levinson, Jesse N. Rosen
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Abstract
A device for exchanging heat with a subject having skin is provided. The device includes a heat exchanging member having a heat transfer surface configured to form a heat conducting interface with the subject's skin. The device further includes a substantially flexible sensing device disposed in the interface between the heat exchanging member and the subject's skin. The sensing device is configured to measure a parameter of the interface without substantially impeding heat transfer between the heat exchanging member and the subject's skin.
Claims2
A device for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin, comprising:
- i. a heat exchanging member having a heat transfer surface configured to form a heat conducting interface with the subject's skin to remove heat from the lipid-rich cells such that the lipid-rich cells are substantially affected while non-lipid-rich cells in the epidermis are not substantially affected;
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- ii. a substantially flexible sensing device disposed in the interface between the heat exchanging member and the subject's skin, wherein the sensing device is configured to sense a parameter at the interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.