Device, system and method of removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells

US9861520B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark William Baker · Livermore, US
• Joseph Coakley · Dublin, US
• Paul Martens · Fremont, US
• Albert L. Ollerdessen · Danville, US
• William P. Pennybacker · Livermore, US
• Jesse Rosen · Albany, US
• Peter Yee · San Ramon, US
• John Allison · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2007/029
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices, systems and methods for removing heat from subcutaneously disposed lipid-rich cells are disclosed. In selected embodiments, suction and/or heat removal sources are coupled to an applicator. The applicator includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion. The rigid portion includes a thermally conductive plate and a frame coupling the thermally conductive plate and the flexible portion. An interior cavity of the applicator is in fluid communication with the suction source, and the frame maintains contiguous engagement between the heat removal source and the thermally conductive plate.