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

US9656056B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: May 23, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2007/0008
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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, 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.