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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Stanford, CA (US);
Kenneth N. Horne, San Francisco, CA (US);
Drew A. Hoffmann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Gordon Saul, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Stanford, CA (US);
Kenneth N. Horne, San Francisco, CA (US);
Drew A. Hoffmann, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Gordon Saul, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Cellulite is treated by severing septae, which interconnects the skin with the underlying muscle. The septae may be severed in connection with a liposuction procedure or independent of a liposuction procedure.