Patent ID: 8636665

Claim:
A method to treat fat, comprising: identifying a plurality of fat lobuli in a region of interest; positioning an ultrasound probe system on a skin surface, the ultrasound probe system comprising an ultrasound therapy element, an ultrasound imaging element and a motion mechanism; wherein the motion mechanism is controlled by a control system in communication with the ultrasound probe; targeting a region of interest under the skin surface with the ultrasound imaging element, the region of interest comprising a tissue comprising the plurality of fat lobuli and a portion of at least one of an epidermis, a dermis, and a muscle; using the ultrasound therapy element to treat the region of interest by delivering ultrasound energy to the plurality of fat lobuli; wherein the ultrasound therapy element is coupled to the motion mechanism within the probe; wherein the delivery of ultrasound energy is configured to form a thermal lesion with at least a temperature sufficient to ablate the plurality of fat lobuli and at least one of the dermis and the muscle; and activating the motion mechanism to move the ultrasound therapy element to form a plurality of the thermal lesions to facilitate the ablation of the plurality of fat lobuli and at least one of the dermis and the muscle.