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US 9,649,220 B2Granted
Treatment systems for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells
AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorsRichard Rox Anderson, Dieter Manstein
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for use in the selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling. The present invention further relates to a device for use in carrying out the methods for selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling.
Claims14
A treatment system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells in a target region of a subject, comprising:
- a treatment unit configured to produce an energy field in the subject's tissue and including a cooling/heating element configured to reduce a temperature of the target region such that the subcutaneous lipid-rich cells are damaged while nonlipid-rich cells of the subject are generally not injured;
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- a feedback mechanism configured to monitor crystal formation in the subcutaneous lipid-rich cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.