Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, device and system for modulating an activity of brown adipose tissue in a vertebrate subject
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Application No.: US13199581Application Date: 2011-09-01
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Publication No.: US09433775B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Edward S. Boyden , Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Edward K. Y. Jung , Eric C. Leuthardt , Stephen L. Malaska , Elizabeth A. Sweeney , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant: Edward S. Boyden , Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Edward K. Y. Jung , Eric C. Leuthardt , Stephen L. Malaska , Elizabeth A. Sweeney , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Gearbox, LLC
- Current Assignee: Gearbox, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: A61F7/12
- IPC: A61F7/12 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N5/02 ; A61N5/04 ; A61F7/00 ; A61N1/36 ; A61F7/10 ; A61F7/02
Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein for treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition in a vertebrate subject. A device is provided that includes one or more cooling elements configured to be applied to one or more tissues of a vertebrate subject to modulate at least one activity of brown adipose tissue of the vertebrate subject, wherein at least a portion of the one or more cooling elements is configured to be implantable, and a programmable controller configured to provide instructions to the one or more cooling elements in response to information regarding one or more physiological conditions of the vertebrate subject.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120289761A1 Method, device and system for modulating an activity of brown adipose tissue in a vertebrate subject Public/Granted day:2012-11-15
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