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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zachary Dominguez, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Justin Schwab, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Tiago Bertolote, Geneva, CH;
Jason Metzner, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Ethan Franklin, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 33/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); B01D 17/00 (2006.01); B01D 33/01 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 33/00 (2013.01); A61L 27/3604 (2013.01); A61L 27/3683 (2013.01); B01D 17/08 (2013.01); B01D 17/10 (2013.01); B01D 33/01 (2013.01); B01D 33/0183 (2013.01); A61M 1/0005 (2013.01); A61M 2202/08 (2013.01); B01D 2221/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for treating lipoaspirate for use in fat grafting procedures are provided and generally include a canister for containing lipoaspirate, a separation mechanism structured to separate both oils and other materials from cellular components of lipoaspirate contained in the canister. The separation mechanism includes filters having different filtering capacities, for example, different pore sizes.