Methods and devices for selective disruption of fatty tissue by controlled cooling
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1. A system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells of a subject, the system comprising:
- a cooling device having a cooling element programmed to reduce a temperature of a local region containing the lipid rich cells to between about −
10°
C. and about 20°
C. such that lipid rich cells in the local region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced; and
a suction unit coupled to the cooling device to apply vacuum to the local region.
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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.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells of a subject, the system comprising:
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a cooling device having a cooling element programmed to reduce a temperature of a local region containing the lipid rich cells to between about −
10°
C. and about 20°
C. such that lipid rich cells in the local region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced; anda suction unit coupled to the cooling device to apply vacuum to the local region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells of a subject, the system comprising:
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a cooling device having a cooling element for reducing a temperature of a local region containing the lipid rich cells such that lipid rich cells in the local region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced; a suction unit coupled to the cooling device to apply vacuum to the local region; and a control unit programmed to control the operation of the cooling device to reduce the temperature within the local region to between about −
10°
C. and about 20°
C. such that lipid rich cells in the local region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells of a region of skin of a subject, comprising:
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a cooling device having a cooling element programmed to maintain itself at an average temperature between about −
15°
C. and about 15°
C. in order to reduce a temperature of the region such that lipid rich cells in the region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced; anda suction unit coupled to the cooling device to apply vacuum to the region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells of a region of skin of a subject, the system comprising:
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a cooling device having a cooling element for reducing a temperature of the region such that lipid rich cells in the region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced; a suction unit coupled to the cooling device to apply vacuum to the region; and a control unit programmed to control the operation of the cooling device to maintain the cooling device at an average temperature between about −
15°
C. and about 15°
C. such that lipid rich cells in the region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells of a subject, the system comprising:
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a cooling device having a cooling element for reducing a temperature of a local region containing the lipid rich cells such that lipid rich cells in the local region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced; and a control unit programmed to control the operation of the cooling device to reduce the temperature within the local region to between about −
10°
C. and about 10°
C. such that lipid rich cells in the local region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid rich cells of a region of skin of a subject, the system comprising:
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a cooling device having a cooling element for reducing a temperature of the region such that lipid rich cells in the region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced; and a control unit programmed to control the operation of the cooling device to maintain the cooling device at an average temperature between about −
15°
C. and about 10°
C. such that lipid rich cells in the region are reduced while non-lipid rich cells in the epidermis are generally not reduced. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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