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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);

Inventors:

Leonard C. DeBenedictis, Dublin, CA (US);

Joel N. Jimenez Lozano, Dublin, CA (US);

Like Zeng, Pleasanton, CA (US);

George Frangineas, Jr., Fremont, CA (US);

Linda Pham, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/06 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/0085 (2013.01); A61K 9/0014 (2013.01); A61K 9/06 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0463 (2016.02); A61F 2007/0052 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0056 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0086 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system in accordance with a particular embodiments of the technology includes applying a substance onto skin of a human subject. An applicator is then applied to the subject to cool a region of the subject. After cooling the tissue, a nucleation initiator is used to initiate a freeze event in the tissue. The nucleation initiator can be an ice crystal that inoculates the skin upon contact to create a predictable freeze event therein. The time of contact between the ice crystal and the skin can be controlled to achieve desired effects.


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