Non-invasive ultrasonic body contouring
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1. A method for lysing adipose tissue comprising the steps of:
- directing focussed ultrasonic energy at a target volume in a region of a body containing adipose tissue; and
modulating said focussed ultrasonic energy so as to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said target volume and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said target volume.
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Abstract
A methodology and system for lysing adipose tissue including directing ultrasonic energy at a multiplicity of target volumes within the region, which target volumes contain adipose tissue, thereby to selectively lyse the adipose tissue in the target volumes and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in the target volumes and computerized tracking of the multiplicity of target volumes notwithstanding movement of the body.
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200 Claims
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1. A method for lysing adipose tissue comprising the steps of:
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directing focussed ultrasonic energy at a target volume in a region of a body containing adipose tissue; and
modulating said focussed ultrasonic energy so as to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said target volume and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said target volume. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 124, 129)
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44. A method for lysing adipose tissue comprising the steps of:
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generating, at a source outside a body, ultrasonic energy which selectively generally lyses adipose tissue and generally does not lyse non-adipose tissue; and
directing said ultrasonic energy, from said source outside said body, at a target volume of a body containing adipose tissue. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A method for lysing adipose tissue comprising the steps of:
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defining a region in a body at least partially by detecting spatial indications on said body;
directing ultrasonic energy at a multiplicity of target volumes within said region, which target volumes contain adipose tissue, thereby to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said target volumes and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said target volumes. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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99. A method for lysing adipose tissue comprising the steps of:
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directing ultrasonic energy at a multiplicity of target volumes within said region, which target volumes contain adipose tissue, thereby to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said target volumes and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said target volumes; and
computerized tracking of said multiplicity of target volumes notwithstanding movement of said body. - View Dependent Claims (100)
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101. Apparatus for lysing adipose tissue comprising:
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a focussed ultrasonic energy director, directing focussed ultrasonic energy at a target volume in a region of a body containing adipose tissue; and
a modulator, cooperating with said energy director to produce a focussed ultrasonic energy so as to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said target volume and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said target volume. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143)
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144. Apparatus for lysing adipose tissue comprising:
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a source outside a body generating ultrasonic energy;
an ultrasonic energy director, which employs said ultrasonic energy to selectively generally lyse adipose tissue and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in a target volume of a body containing adipose tissue. - View Dependent Claims (145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184)
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185. Apparatus for lysing adipose tissue comprising the steps of:
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a region definer, defining a region in a body at least partially by detecting spatial indications on said body; and
a director, directing ultrasonic energy at a multiplicity of target volumes within said region, which target volumes contain adipose tissue thereby to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said target volumes and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said target volumes. - View Dependent Claims (186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198)
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199. Apparatus for lysing adipose tissue comprising:
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a director, directing ultrasonic energy at a multiplicity of target volumes within said region, which target volumes contain adipose tissue, thereby to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said target volumes and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said target volumes; and
computerized tracking functionality providing computerized tracking of said multiplicity of target volumes notwithstanding movement of said body. - View Dependent Claims (200)
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