Device and method for self-positioning of a stimulation device to activate brown adipose tissue depot in a supraclavicular fossa region

US8812100B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James W. Voegele · Cincinnati, US
• Thomas Albrecht · Beilngries, DE
• Tamara Colette Baynham · Bowie, US
• David Cagle · East Hampton, US
• Anthony DiUbaldi · Jackson, US
• Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
• Michael A. Murray · Bellevue, US
• Mark S. Zeiner · Milford, US
• Jacob Crabtree · Soddy-Daisy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2014
• Expiry date: May 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/36085
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Self-positioning of at least a portion of a transdermal electrical stimulation patch within a target area (e.g., supraclavicular fossa region) of a human body to activate a depot of brown adipose tissue therein. An electric field is generated using the electrical stimulation patch to activate the brown adipose tissue within the supraclavicular fossa region of the body. The patch is self-positioned using one or more anatomical points (e.g., anatomical landmarks and/or anatomical features) or markings on the body. Brown adipose tissue may also be activated by applying an electrical signal to a body piercing partially implanted proximate a target area in which the tissue is disposed.