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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:
Sep. 30, 2003

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hien Nguyen, Fountain Valley, CA (US);

Jeffrey P. Wall, Hunnington Beach, CA (US);

Suresh K. Wadhwani, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Payam Adlparvar, Lake Forest, CA (US);

Bruce Stambaugh, Anaheim, CA (US);

Tony R. Brown, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 ; A61B 1/732 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 ; A61B 1/732 ;
Abstract

A fat removal device includes a screen which includes passages through which fat can be extruded, to be cut or melted away from the surface of an internal organ. The device includes a blade to cut the fat or radiofrequency monopolar or bipolar electrodes to melt the fat, aspiration to remove the fat away from the screen and blade, irrigation to irrigate the screen and blade, and an electrocautery member to cauterize the capillary bed of the fat. Methods of using removing the fat layer from the surface of an internal body organ are also described.


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