Patents Assigned to Andrew Technologies, LLC
  • Liposuction based on tissue liquefaction
    Patent number: 9089361
    Abstract: Target tissue may be removed from a subject using a cannula that has an interior cavity and an orifice configured to permit material to enter the cavity. This is accomplished by generating a negative pressure in the cavity so that a portion of the tissue is drawn into the orifice. Fluid is then delivered, via a conduit, so that the fluid exits the conduit within the cavity and impinges against the portion of the tissue that was drawn into the orifice. The fluid is delivered at a pressure and temperature that causes the tissue to soften, liquefy, or gellify. The tissue that has been softened, liquefied, or gellified is then suctioned away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Andrew Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark S. Andrew, Philip P. Chan, Christopher P. Godek
  • Liposuction of visceral fat using tissue liquefaction
    Patent number: 8366700
    Abstract: Visceral fat may be removed from a subject using a cannula that has an interior cavity and an orifice configured to permit material to enter the cavity. This is accomplished by generating a negative pressure in the cavity so that a portion of the tissue is drawn into the orifice. Fluid is then delivered in pulses, via a conduit, so that the fluid exits the conduit within the cavity and impinges against the portion of the tissue that was drawn into the orifice. The fluid is delivered at a pressure and temperature that causes the visceral fat to soften, liquefy, or gellify, without damaging the subject's internal organs that are in the vicinity of the visceral fat. The visceral fat that has been softened, liquefied, or gellified is then suctioned away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Andrew Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark S. Andrew, Luis A. Davila
  • Liposuction based on tissue liquefaction
    Patent number: 8221394
    Abstract: Target tissue may be removed from a subject using a cannula that has an interior cavity and an orifice configured to permit material to enter the cavity. This is accomplished by generating a negative pressure in the cavity so that a portion of the tissue is drawn into the orifice. Fluid is then delivered, via a conduit, so that the fluid exits the conduit within the cavity and impinges against the portion of the tissue that was drawn into the orifice. The fluid is delivered at a pressure and temperature that causes the tissue to soften, liquefy, or gellify. The tissue that has been softened, liquefied, or gellified is then suctioned away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Andrew Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark S. Andrew, Philip P. Chan, Christopher P. Godek