Tissue treatment methods
AssigneeZeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
InventorMitchell Levinson
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Abstract
Methods are provided herein for affecting a region of a subject's body, comprising exposing the region to a cooling element under conditions effective to cool subcutaneous adipose tissue in said region; and increasing the blood flow rate to the cooled tissue by exposing the tissue to an energy source. Methods are also provided for treating subcutaneous adipose tissue in a region of a subject's body, comprising exposing said region to a cooling element under conditions effective to cool said tissue; and exposing the tissue to an energy source to increase the blood flow rate to the cooled tissue, thereby stimulating reperfusion in, and/or causing an ischemia-reperfusion injury to, the cooled tissue.
Claims25
A method for selective reduction of lipid-rich cells in a region of a human subject's body, comprising:
- treating the region to encourage formation of oxygen radicals by locally administering an oxygen radical forming compound;
- exposing an epidermal layer in said region to a cooling element under conditions effective to cool subcutaneous adipose tissue in said region;
- and
- increasing a rate of blood flow to the cooled tissue by exposing the region to an energy source.
A method of treating subcutaneous adipose tissue in a region of a subject's body, comprising:
- treating the region to encourage formation of oxygen radicals by locally administering an oxygen radical forming compound;
- exposing said region to a cooling element under conditions effective to cool said tissue;
- and
- stimulating reperfusion in the cooled tissue by exposing the region to an energy source to increase the blood flow rate to the cooled tissue.
A method of treating subcutaneous adipose tissue in a region of a subject's body, comprising:
- treating the region to encourage formation of oxygen radicals by locally administering an oxygen radical forming compound;
- exposing said region to a cooling element under conditions effective to cool said tissue;
- and
- causing an ischemia-reperfusion injury to the cooled tissue by exposing the region to an energy source to increase the blood flow rate to the cooled tissue.
A method for selective reduction of lipid-rich cells in a region of a human subject's body, comprising:
- treating the region to encourage formation of oxygen radicals by locally administering an oxygen radical forming compound;
- selectively causing vasoconstriction in adipose tissue;
- and
- subsequently stimulating reperfusion by applying an energy source to thereby increase blood flow to the region.
A method for selective reduction of lipid-rich cells in a region of a human subject's body, comprising:
- treating the region to encourage formation of oxygen radicals by locally administering an oxygen radical forming compound;
- selectively creating ischemia in lipid-rich cells in a region of a human subject's body;
- and
- subsequently stimulating reperfusion by applying an energy source to thereby increase the blood flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.