Patent ID: 9610429
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61K,A61M,H05K

Claim:
1. A medical method, comprising: transcutaneously applying a device in contact with an exterior skin surface of a patient at a depot of brown adipose tissue and in communication with a receptor in communication with at least a portion of the depot of brown adipose tissue, wherein the device is one of a patch and a pump; and activating the device to deliver a chemical from the device to the patient to activate the brown adipose tissue and increase energy expenditure of the brown adipose tissue, wherein the delivered chemical chemically interacts with cellular surface receptors of the brown adipose tissue, and the chemical comprises one of a depolarization agent, a hormone-related chemical, an odiferous agent, a Melanocortin receptor 4 (MCR4) protein agonist, a TRPA1 agonist, and a TRPV1 agonist.