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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas E. Albrecht, Campbell, CA (US);
Tamara C. Baynham, Liberty Township, OH (US);
David Cagle, East Hampton, CT (US);
Anthony R. Diubaldi, Jackson, NJ (US);
Jason L. Harris, Mason, OH (US);
Michael A. Murray, Bellevue, KY (US);
Mark S. Zeiner, Mason, OH (US);
Jacob Crabtree, Hixson, TN (US);
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas E. Albrecht, Campbell, CA (US);
Tamara C. Baynham, Liberty Township, OH (US);
David Cagle, East Hampton, CT (US);
Anthony R. DiUbaldi, Jackson, NJ (US);
Jason L. Harris, Mason, OH (US);
Michael A. Murray, Bellevue, KY (US);
Mark S. Zeiner, Mason, OH (US);
Jacob Crabtree, Hixson, TN (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Self-positioning of at least a portion of a transdermal electrical stimulation patch within a target area (e.g., supraclavicular fossa region) of a human body to activate a depot of brown adipose tissue therein. An electric field is generated using the electrical stimulation patch to activate the brown adipose tissue within the supraclavicular fossa region of the body. The patch is self-positioned using one or more anatomical points (e.g., anatomical landmarks and/or anatomical features) or markings on the body. Brown adipose tissue may also be activated by applying an electrical signal to a body piercing partially implanted proximate a target area in which the tissue is disposed.