Appeal No. 2001-1472
Application 08/772,878
more tissue ablation (liquefication) in a given period of time.
Manna notes (col. 10, lines 50-55) that cavitation bubbles
produced at the head in response to vibration thereof by the
standing ultrasonic wave will liquefy adipose (fat) tissue of the
patient at a surgical site located distally of the head and allow
the liquefied fat to be suctioned from the surgical site through
a channel in the probe. Manna also makes note (col. 10, lines
56-60) that the enlarged head of the lipectomy probe therein
produces a flatter and more esthetically pleasing result than
obtainable using a purely cylindrical probe, which creates a
waffled pattern when used pursuant to current liposuction
procedures.
Given the disclosure in Manna regarding the enlarged head
and emphasis therein on its advantages for removing adipose (fat)
tissue by liquefication of the fat tissue via cavitation bubbles,
and the emphasis on a flatter more esthetically pleasing result
in a liposuction procedure due to use of such an enlarged head,
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