Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and devices for activating brown adipose tissue using electrical energy
- Patent Title (中): 使用电能激活棕色脂肪组织的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12980659Application Date: 2010-12-29
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Publication No.: US09044606B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Jason L. Harris , Nicholas Stylopoulos , Lee M. Kaplan , Tamara C. Baynham , Jeyakumar Subbaroyan , James W. Voegele , Taylor Aronhalt , Anthony Diubaldi , David N. Plescia , Mark S. Ortiz , Theodore L. Stephens
- Applicant: Jason L. Harris , Nicholas Stylopoulos , Lee M. Kaplan , Tamara C. Baynham , Jeyakumar Subbaroyan , James W. Voegele , Taylor Aronhalt , Anthony Diubaldi , David N. Plescia , Mark S. Ortiz , Theodore L. Stephens
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati US MA Boston
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.,The General Hospital Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.,The General Hospital Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati US MA Boston
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00 ; A61N1/36
Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided for activating brown adipose tissue (BAT). Generally, the methods and devices can activate BAT to increase thermogenesis, e.g., increase heat production in the patient, which over time can lead to weight loss. In one embodiment, a medical device is provided that activates BAT by electrically stimulating nerves that activate the BAT and/or electrically stimulating brown adipocytes directly, thereby increasing thermogenesis in the BAT and inducing weight loss through energy expenditure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110270360A1 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ACTIVATING BROWN APIDOSE TISSUE USING ELECTRICAL ENERGY Public/Granted day:2011-11-03
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