US Patent Issued to B2M MEDICAL on June 30 for "Systems and methods for treatment of visceral fat" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,483, issued on June 30, was assigned to B2M MEDICAL INC. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for treatment of visceral fat" was invented by Alexei Babkin (Irvine, Calif.) and Rafi Mazor (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for laparoscopic thermal treatment of visceral fat includes an elongate cooling probe configured for placement through a trocar, the probe including an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and having a maximum transverse dimension, and an expandable endpiece having a proximal end and a distal end, and including a collapsed state configured for placement through a channel of th...