Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cryolipolysis devices and methods therefor
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Application No.: US14838225Application Date: 2015-08-27
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Publication No.: US10646666B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: William E. Cohn , Thomas Diffley Pate , Adam L. Berman
- Applicant: TVA Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Franklin Lakes
- Assignee: TVA Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TVA Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Franklin Lakes
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/02
- IPC: A61B18/02 ; A61M5/44 ; A61B18/00 ; A61M5/14 ; A61M5/42

Abstract:
Described herein are cryolipolysis devices, systems, and methods for facilitating percutaneous access to a target blood vessel by performing cryolipolysis on subcutaneous adipose tissue obscuring the target blood vessel (e.g., a vessel used for hemodialysis treatment). Generally, the devices include a cooling member carrying a coolant that cools a selected portion of adipose tissue overlying the target blood vessel to reduce the selected portion of adipose tissue, thereby forming a depression in the adipose tissue and allowing the target blood vessel closer to the surface of the skin. In some variations, the cooling member is placed subcutaneously to directly cool the selected portion of adipose tissue. In other variations, the cooling member is placed external to the patient to indirectly cool the selected portion of adipose tissue through the skin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160058956A1 CRYOLIPOLYSIS DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2016-03-03
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