Patent ID: 7717901

Claim:
An instrument for performing liposuction on a fat layer located under a surface of skin of a location to be treated, said instrument comprising: an elongated rod-shaped part made of elastically bendable stainless steel, having a rounded cross-section, said elongated rod-shaped part including: a rear-end portion; and a front-end portion having a front-end tip portion which forms a front-end of said instrument, said front-end portion and said front-end tip portion having a roughened surface continuously extending to the front-end of said instrument, said front-end tip portion having (i) rounded side portions formed by said roughened surface which continuously extends to the front-end of said instrument, and (ii) a non-rounded and flat downwardly angled upper surface and a non-rounded and flat upwardly angled lower surface which both extend to meet and form a rounded front edge, said rounded front edge having a rounded cross-section formed by said rounded side portions and said non-rounded and flat upper and lower surfaces, and said rounded front edge extending across a width of said non-rounded and flat upper and lower surfaces and extending between said rounded side portions; and a handle connected to said rear-end portion of said elongated rod-shaped part, wherein said front-end tip portion, said front-end portion, and said roughened surface are operable to be inserted and move backwards and forwards under and along the surface of the skin of the location to be treated so as to treat the fat layer with said roughened surface.