Non-invasive ultrasonic body contouring
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
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.
-
Citations
182 Claims
-
1-132. -132. (canceled)
-
133. A method for lysing adipose tissue comprising the steps of:
-
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 one or more target volumes of a body containing adipose tissue and non-adipose tissue;
wherein directing ultrasonic energy is performed upon receiving an indication from a cavitation detector and upon detection of non-lysed adipose tissue in the one or more target volumes. - View Dependent Claims (134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158)
-
-
159. Apparatus for lysing adipose tissue comprising:
a focused ultrasonic energy director, adapted for directing focused ultrasonic energy at one or more target volumes in a region of a body containing adipose tissue and non-adipose tissue; and a modulator, cooperating with said energy director, said modulator is adapted to produce a focused ultrasonic energy so as to selectively lyse said adipose tissue in said at one or more target volumes and generally not lyse non-adipose tissue in said at one or more target volumes, wherein said modulator is adapted to produce the focused ultrasonic energy upon receiving an indication from a cavitation detector and upon receiving an indication of non-lysed adipose tissue in the one or more target volumes. - View Dependent Claims (160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182)
Specification