Patents Assigned to UItra Shape, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for non-invasive body contouring by lysing adipose tissue
    Patent number: 6607498
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing lysis of adipose tissue underlying the skin of a subject, by: applying an ultrasonic transducer to the subject's skin to transmit therethrough ultrasonic waves focussed on the adipose tissue; and electrically actuating the ultrasonic transducer to transmit ultrasonic waves to produce cavitational lysis of the adipose tissue without damaging non-adipose tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: UItra Shape, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoram Eshel