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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/327 (2013.01); A61N 1/0416 (2013.01); A61N 1/0404 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for electroporating adipocytes in the adipose layer of tissue, where the device includes a frame, a first electrode coupled to the frame having a first contact surface, a second electrode coupled to the frame having a second contact surface, and where the first contact surf ace and the second contact surface define a treatment zone therebetween. The method including positioning a fold of tissue between the first and second electrodes such that the treatment zone formed between the two electrodes includes an adipose layer of tissue and no skeletal muscle.