Patent ID: RE42835

Claim:
An apparatus for reducing subcutaneous fat deposits by electroporation with improved comfort of patients comprising: an applicator comprising two sets of electrodes, the first and the second, said first set of electrodes are high voltage electrodes adapted for engaging the skin of a patient and applying a high amplitude pulsed electric field to the area of skin and the subcutaneous volume of tissues to be treated by electroporation, said second set of electrodes adapted for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of the skin and the volume of the subcutaneous tissue over an area generally larger than the area of electroporation treatment; a generator of high voltage pulses for applying pulsed electric field to the first set of electrodes, said pulses generating an electric field above the upper electroporation limit for subcutaneous fat cells in the volume of the subcutaneous tissue to be treated; a generator for generating low voltage pulses for applying pulsed electric field to the second set of electrodes, said amplitude of the electric field is adapted for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) of the skin and subcutaneous tissue; a synchronizing circuit connected to said high and said low voltage pulse generators and providing triggering of the high voltage pulses with a controllable delay after the TENS pulses, and connectors connecting said generators of high and low voltage electrical pulses with corresponding high and low voltage electrodes.