Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110034905 | Method of and apparatus for treating abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome in human patients - A method of and apparatus for safely removing visceral fatty tissue from the patient's mesentery is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the method involves using a novel minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgical procedure involving the inflation of the abdominal region with gas that creates a space between the wall of the abdomen and the organs inside. Using short incisions in the skin, narrow tubes are inserted through the abdominal wall so that a laparoscopically-guided electro-cauterizing and irrigating liposuction instrument can be passed through the incision to perform the maneuvers necessary for the operation. Removal of visceral fat from the mesentery is observed directly on a video monitor, which receives its picture from a video camera attached to the laparoscope. Using this technique, it is now possible to safely remove visceral fat from the patient's mesentery to treat abdominal obesity and/or metabolic syndrome in human patients. | 02-10-2011 |
20110118542 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING ABDOMINAL OBESITY, METABOLIC SYNDROME AND TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS IN HUMAN PATIENTS - A method of and apparatus for safely removing visceral fatty tissue from the patient's mesentery and omentum is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the method involves using a novel minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgical procedure involving the inflation of the abdominal region with gas that creates a space between the wall of the abdomen and the organs inside. Using short incisions in the skin, narrow tubes are inserted through the abdominal wall so that a laparoscopically-guided electro-cauterizing and irrigating visceral fat aspiration instrument can be passed through the incision to perform the maneuvers necessary for the operation. Removal of visceral fat from the mesentery is observed directly on a video monitor, which receives its picture from a video camera attached to the laparoscope. Using this technique, it is now possible to safely remove visceral fat from the patient's mesentery to treat abdominal obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and/or metabolic syndrome in human patients. | 05-19-2011 |
20110213336 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR SAMPLING, PROCESSING AND COLLECTING TISSUE AND REINJECTING THE SAME INTO HUMAN PATIENTS - Methods of and apparatus for safely harvesting, processing (i.e. preparing), collecting and re-injecting adipose and other forms of tissue for immediate autologous tissue transplantation, explant culture endeavors or cell dissociations and the like. | 09-01-2011 |
20110306950 | Coaxially-Driven Tissue Aspiration Instruments - A tissue aspiration instrumentation system including a hand-supportable tissue aspiration instrument and a cannula assembly. The hand-supportable tissue aspiration instrument has a hand-supportable housing with a stationary tubing connector provided at the rear of the housing and receiving a length of flexible tubing connected to a vacuum source. The cannula assembly is coupled to a cannula drive mechanism disposed within the hand-supportable housing and powered by an external power source (e.g. electrical power signals, pressurized air-streams, etc) so as to periodically exert forces on the cannula base portion along the longitudinal axis of the the cannula assembly (i.e. coaxially exerted on the cannula base portion). These coaxially exerted forces cause the hollow cannula base portion to reciprocate within the cylindrical (cannula base portion) guide tube, while tissue is being aspirated along the cannula lumen, through the lumen formed in the cannula base portion, through the cylindrical guide tube and through the stationary tubing connector, along the flexible tubing towards the vacuum source. The cannula assembly can be of the single cannula or twin cannula design, and the cannula drive mechanism can be powered with pressurized air or gas, or using electromagnetic forces. | 12-15-2011 |
20120068085 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTO-ACTIVATING A COLLECTED SAMPLE OF FAT TISSUE INCLUDING STEM CELLS THEREIN, CONTAINED IN A TISSUE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING DEVICE - A method of and apparatus for photo-activating a collected sample of fat tissue including stem cells therein, contained in a tissue collection and processing device. The collected fat tissue sample including stem cells therein, is exposed to low levels of photo-active light energy while contained within the tissue collection and processing device. The tissue sample is photometrically-measured to determine the photo-activation index of the fat tissue sample. The Photo-active light energy emission is controlled to ensure optimized photo-activation, thereby providing the fat tissue sample with an improved capacity to bind free oxygen species in the fat tissue sample. | 03-22-2012 |
20120150068 | IN-LINE FAT TISSUE SAMPLING, PROCESSING AND COLLECTION DEVICE - A tissue sampling, processing and collection device for connection in-line to a hand-held power-assisted tissue aspiration instrument and a vacuum source. The tissue sampling, processing and collection device includes a suction plate, mounted within a collection chamber, and having multiple hollow projections for supporting the open proximal ends of a plurality of tissue collection and processing tubes. Each of these tissue collection and processing tubes has micro-pores formed in the side walls thereof and its distal end opening is capped, thereby allowing fluid to flow and filter therethrough while the tissue collection and processing tube is mounted on the suction plate during tissue aspiration operations. The in-line tissue sampling, processing and collection device is provided with a knob for manually selecting the tissue collection and processing tube, into which a sampled of aspirated fat tissue to is be collected and processed in situ during tissue aspiration operations. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150069 | TISSUE SAMPLING, COLLECTION, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A tissue sampling, collection, and processing system including a hand-supportable power-assisted tissue aspiration device having a cannula for aspirating fat tissue from a patient's body, and a multi-pack tissue sampling, processing and collecting device, installed between the tissue aspiration device and a vacuum source, and containing multiple tissue collection tubes for collection of aspirated fat tissue samples. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150071 | TISSUE SAMPLING, PROCESSING AND INJECTION SYRINGE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Tissue sampling, processing and injection syringe device and methods of filtering and concentrating cellular components of tissue sample in situ within the device. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150103 | TISSUE ASPIRATION INSTRUMENT EMPLOYING TWIN IRRIGATING-TYPE ELECTRO-CAUTERIZING CANNULA ASSEMBLY - An irrigating twin-cannula aspiration system including a hand-supportable tissue aspiration instrument, having a twin cannula assembly, wherein an inner cannula having an aspiration aperture is mechanically reciprocated within a stationary outer cannula having an elongated aperture along which the aspiration aperture reciprocates, while the inner cannula is operably affixed to a vacuum source, and a controller controls synchronized pulsed tumescent infusion about the aspiration aperture during system operation. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150104 | TWIN-CANNULA TISSUE ASPIRATION INSTRUMENT SYSTEM - A twin-cannula fat tissue aspiration instrument system equipped with a hand-supportable fat aspiration instrument having a twin irrigating-type or tumescent-type electro-cauterizing cannula assembly with an inner cannula coupled to a cannula drive mechanism and having an inner aspiration aperture that is reciprocated within an outer cannula having an outer aspiration aperture and being connected to the front portion of the hand-supportable housing, so that said inner cannula reciprocates within said outer cannula when the cannula drive mechanism drives the inner cannula. An irrigation channel is formed along the outer cannula, and in fluid communication with an irrigation aperture formed at the distal portion of the outer cannula and proximate to the outer aspiration aperture. Also, electrodes are disposed about the outer aspiration aperture for delivering RF signals aspirated fat tissue being aspirated through the outer and inner aspiration apertures so as to electro-cauterize said aspirated fat tissue during irrigation operations. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150145 | METHODS OF TISSUE SAMPLING, COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND RE-INJECTION USING MODULAR, DISPOSABLE TISSUE ASPIRATION, PROCESSING, COLLECTION AND/OR RE-INJECTION COMPONENTS - Methods of tissue sampling, collection, in situ processing and re-injection using modular, disposable tissue aspiration, processing, collection and/or re-injection components. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150151 | METHOD TREATING TYPE II DIABETES, MORBID OBESITY AND METABOLIC SYNDROME IN A HUMAN PATIENT - Methods of treating type II diabetes, morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome in a human patient by performing mesenteric visceral fat aspiration in the bowel region of the patient using a powered twin-cannula fat aspiration instrument. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150152 | DISPOSABLE CANNULA BASE DEVICE FOR INSERTION WITHIN A GUIDE TUBE IN A HAND-SUPPORTABLE POWER-ASSISTED TISSUE ASPIRATION INSTRUMENT - A disposable cannula base device for insertion within a guide tube in a hand-supportable power-assisted tissue aspiration instrument including a hand-supportable housing with a rear portion, a cannula reciprocation mechanism, and a stationary tubing connector with a hollow tube section mounted within the rear portion of the hand-supportable housing. The disposable cannula base device includes a permanent magnetic ring supported on a hollow tube portion, between a set of fluid seals. The cannula reciprocation mechanism reciprocates the disposable cannula base device within the guide tube by exerting electromagnetic forces on the permanent magnetic ring. | 06-14-2012 |
20120157944 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A CANNULA ASSEMBLY WITHIN A COAXIALLY-DRIVEN TISSUE ASPIRATION INSTRUMENT - A method of installing a cannula assembly within a coaxially-driven tissue aspiration instrument, including (i) a hand-supportable housing having a front portion with a front opening, and a rear portion with a rear opening aligned along a longitudinal axis, and having an interior volume, and a cylindrical guide tube mounted within the interior volume, and a cannula drive mechanism disposed adjacent the guide tube. The hollow cannula base portion is inserted through the front opening and within the guide tube, so that fluid seals provided on the hollow cannula base portion engage with the inner surface of the guide tube. Then a cannula is inserted through the front opening and the cannula is connected to the hollow cannula base portion. | 06-21-2012 |
20120172834 | TISSUE SAMPLING, PROCESSING AND COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Methods of collecting fat tissue samples in tissue collection syringes mounted in an in-line fat sampling device connected to a hand-held power-assisted tissue aspiration instrument. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173262 | INTERNET-BASED NETWORK FOR SUPPORTING THE HARVESTING, PHOTO-ACTIVATION, CATALOGUING, TRACKING AND MANAGING ASPIRATED FAT TISSUE SAMPLES INCLUDING STEM CELLS THEREIN - An Internet-based network supporting the harvesting, photo-activation, cataloguing, tracking and managing of aspirated fat tissue samples, including auto-grafts of adipose tissue and adipocyte derived stem cells (ASCs), catalogued in a tissue storage/banking system, for re-injection into patients to repair or construct skin, cartilage, bone, muscle and/or cardiac tissue. The network employs RFID-tagged issue collection and processing devices for use in autografting of fat tissue and ASC-enriched cellular components, in an elegantly simple manner, employing manual or mechanically-assisted fat tissue reinjection devices, while completely avoiding the need for decanting, tissue transfers, autoclaving, and/or straining operations in a self-contained sterile field involving container transfers. | 07-05-2012 |
20120184919 | FAT TISSUE RE-INJECTION SYSTEM EMPLOYING A PHOTOMETRICALLY-CONTROLLED PHOTO-ACTIVATION CHAMBER INSTALLED ABOUT A TISSUE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING DEVICE MOUNTED ON A HAND-HELD TISSUE INJECTOR GUN - A fat tissue re-injection system employing a photometrically-controlled photo-activation chamber installed about a sealed tissue collection and processing device mounted on a hand-held tissue injector gun. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184943 | METHOD OF PERFORMING INTRA-ABDOMINAL TISSUE ASPIRATION TO AMELIORATE THE METABOLIC SYNDROME, OR ABDOMINAL OBESITY - A method of safely removing mesenteric fat from the intra-abdominal region of human patients to ameliorate the metabolic syndrome, or abdominal obesity. The method involves using laparoscopically-guided intra-abdominal tissue aspiration, involving the simultaneously infusion of a tumescent solution into the mesenteric region of treatment, while synchronizing that infusion with the forward or return stroke of the inner cannula of the twin cannula assembly of a bipolar electro-cauterizing twin-cannula tissue aspiration instrument. | 07-19-2012 |
20120277624 | METHOD OF COLLECTING AND IN SITU PROCESSING OF ASPIRATED FAT TISSUE SAMPLED FROM A HUMAN PATIENT DURING TISSUE ASPIRATION OPERATIONS - A method of collecting and in situ processing of aspirated fat tissue sampled from a human patient. The method involves providing a surgeon with a powered-assisted hand-held fat tissue aspiration instrument having a cannula, and a fat tissue sampling, processing and collection device installed between the power-assisted fat aspiration instrument and a vacuum source. The fat tissue sampling, collection and processing device includes a suction plate, mounted within a collection chamber, and having multiple hollow projections for supporting the open proximal ends of a plurality of tissue collection and processing tubes, wherein each tissue collection and processing tube has micro-pores formed in the side walls thereof, and its distal end opening is capped. Aspirated fat tissue is collected in a selected tissue collection and processing tube, while allowing fluid to flow and filter through the micro-pores as aspirated fat tissue flows through the cannula of the fat aspiration instrument. | 11-01-2012 |
20130006225 | TWIN-TYPE CANNULA ASSEMBLIES FOR HAND-HELD POWER-ASSISTED TISSUE ASPIRATION INSTRUMENTS - A power-assisted tissue-aspiration instrument employing a new and improved twin-cannula assembly. The twin-cannula assembly includes: an outer cannula mounted stationary to the front portion of a hand-supportable housing containing an inner cannula reciprocation mechanism, and an inner cannula having an open-end type aspiration aperture. The outer cannula has three groups of outer aspiration apertures about its distal portion. The open-end type aspiration opening of the inner cannula reciprocates back and forth to a mid position between the first group of aspiration apertures, and the third group of outer aspiration apertures, so that vacuum pressure is always delivered to at least 1/2 of one the outer aspiration aperture groups as the inner cannula is reciprocated back and forward within the outer cannula. | 01-03-2013 |