Fat removal device and method

US6626890B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tony R. Brown · US

Inventors

• Hien Nguyen · Santa Ana, US
• Jeffrey Wall · معلمی نژاد, US
• Suresh Wadhwani · Valencia, US
• Payam Adlparvar · Lake Forest, US
• Bruce D. Stambaugh · Anaheim, US
• Tony Brown · Villa Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S604/902
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fat removal device includes a screen which includes passages through which fat can be extruded, to be cut or melted away from the surface of an internal organ. The device includes a blade to cut the fat or radiofrequency monopolar or bipolar electrodes to melt the fat, aspiration to remove the fat away from the screen and blade, irrigation to irrigate the screen and blade, and an electrocautery member to cauterize the capillary bed of the fat. Methods of using removing the fat layer from the surface of an internal body organ are also described.