Patent ID: 9132031
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A cooling device for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin, said device comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is configured to face the subject's skin; an inlet port configured to be coupled to a supply line; an outlet port configured to be coupled to an output line; and a plurality of cooling elements positioned along a flow path between the inlet and outlet ports such that liquid from the inlet port flows through the cooling elements, each cooling element having a thermoelectric cooler, an interface member and an internal fluid chamber in thermal communication with interface members and a plurality of fluid ports in fluid communication with the internal fluid chamber, wherein the fluid ports are configured to allow liquid circulation through the internal fluid chamber, wherein the interface members have heat exchanging surfaces and wherein the plurality of cooling elements are attached to the substrate such that the heat exchanging surfaces of the interface members from a portion of the first surface of the substrate and the thermoelectric coolers are within the substrate.