Mitchell Levinson;William Pennybacker;Jesse N. Rosen
发明人:
Mitchell Levinson,Jesse N. Rosen,William Pennybacker
申请号:
US13616186
公开号:
US20130116759A1
申请日:
2012.09.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
A cooling device for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin is provided. The cooling device includes a plurality of cooling elements movable relative to each other to conform to the contour's of the subject's skin. The cooling elements have a plurality of controllable thermoelectric coolers. The cooling elements can be controlled to provide a time-varying cooling profile in a predetermined sequence, can be controlled to provide a spatial cooling profile in a selected pattern, or can be adjusted to maintain constant process parameters, or can be controlled to provide a combination thereof.