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Treatment systems for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells

  • US 9,649,220 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2013
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. 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; and

    a feedback mechanism configured to monitor crystal formation in the subcutaneous lipid-rich cells.

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