Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – With means for cutting – scarifying – or vibrating tissue
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-20
2008-05-20
Casler, Brian L. (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating tissue
C606S128000, C128S098100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10370214
ABSTRACT:
A method of fat cavitation including infiltrating adipose tissue with a liquid, creating a puncture in a patient's skin, providing a wire, the wire being generally uniform in diameter and having a first end and a second end and introducing the second end of the wire through the puncture in the patient's skin. The method further includes placing at least a portion of the second end of the wire in contact the adipose tissue, generating an ultrasonic wave, transmitting the ultrasonic wave to the second end of the wire, creating cavitation bubbles in at least a portion of the targeted adipose tissue and liquefying at least a portion of the targeted adipose tissue. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
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Liang Marc D.
Narayanan Krishna
Casler Brian L.
Gordon, Esq. Matthew W.
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
Pittsburgh Plastic Surgery Research Associates
Ramirez John F.
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