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Treatment systems, small volume applicators, and methods for treating submental tissue

  • US 10,568,759 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2015
  • Issued: 02/25/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for treating a subject'"'"'s tissue, comprising:

  • a thermally conductive cup including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first end wall, a second end wall, and a bottom, the bottom mechanically and thermally interconnects the first and second sidewalls such that cooling of only one of the sidewalls or the bottom results in the bottom, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall being similarly cooled;

    a lip having a first lip portion along the first sidewall and second lip portion along the second sidewall;

    a tissue-receiving cavity having a length between the first and second end walls, wherein the bottom of the thermally conductive cup, the first lip portion, and the second lip portion are each curved along the length of the tissue-receiving cavity such that the tissue-receiving cavity has a substantially uniform depth between the bottom and the lip along the length of the tissue-receiving cavity;

    at least one vacuum port in fluid communication with the tissue-receiving cavity to provide a vacuum for drawing the tissue into the tissue-receiving cavity, wherein the tissue-receiving cavity is sufficiently shallow to allow the subject'"'"'s tissue to occupy substantially the entire tissue-receiving cavity when the vacuum is drawn via the at least one vacuum port; and

    a thermal device in thermal communication with only part of the conductive cup such that when the thermal element cools the part of the conductive cup the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the bottom together cool an entire area of the subject'"'"'s skin within the tissue-receiving cavity to non-invasively cool subcutaneous lipid-rich cells in the tissue an amount sufficient to be biologically effective in damaging and/or reducing the subcutaneous lipid-rich cells.

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