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Method, device and system for modulating an activity of brown adipose tissue in a vertebrate subject

US9433775B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Gearbox, Inc.

Inventors

Edward S. Boyden · Sharon, US
Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
Eric C. Leuthardt · Chesterfield, US
Stephen L. Malaska · Redmond, US
Elizabeth A. Sweeney · Seattle, US
Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 1, 2011
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2007/0008
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein for treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition in a vertebrate subject. A device is provided that includes one or more cooling elements configured to be applied to one or more tissues of a vertebrate subject to modulate at least one activity of brown adipose tissue of the vertebrate subject, wherein at least a portion of the one or more cooling elements is configured to be implantable, and a programmable controller configured to provide instructions to the one or more cooling elements in response to information regarding one or more physiological conditions of the vertebrate subject.

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