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AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorsMatthew M. Avram, Richard Rox Anderson, Joshua Tam
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In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of cooling to produce selective disruption of visceral fat tissue in a non-infant human subject comprising infusing a cooled fluid into the abdominal or peritoneal cavity, or into other parts of the body containing visceral fat, to cool the proximal tissue sufficiently to selectively disrupt lipid-rich cells therein, for example, to promote subsequent damage and absorption of lipid-rich cells by the body without producing unwanted effects in non-lipid-rich cells; e.g., without injury to internal organ tissues that could otherwise produce life-threating risks. The cooled fluid can be infused using a catheter arrangement. The cooled fluid can be retained within the abdominal category for a particular duration, and then drained using the catheter arrangement. In certain embodiments, the cooled fluid can be simultaneously introduced into the abdominal cavity and drained therefrom.
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An apparatus for cooling a local region of tissue of a non-infant human subject containing visceral fat, comprising:
An apparatus configured to cool a local region of tissue of a non-infant human subject containing visceral fat to selectively disrupt at least a portion of the visceral fat of the local region, the apparatus comprising:
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