Microwave hyperthermic lipolysis using external RF antenna

Joosung Hwang, Tae Hee Woo, Sangbok Park, Changyul Cheon

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a microwave hyperthermic lipolysis method to reduce subcutaneous fat without skin burn using external RF antenna. Since skin is closer to the antenna and has higher conductivity compared to the fat beneath, the temperature of the skin rises higher than that of the fat when the external antenna illuminates EM energy into a body, which may cause skin burn. In order to avoid the damages on skin, a skin cooling system is employed to the external antenna. The operating frequency is set at 5.8 GHz which is one of the ISM bands, to concentrate EM power efficiently on fat and not to heat up the muscle behind the fat. The operation time and RF power level has been determined based on experimental results with pork. The feasibility of the proposed method was shown by applying the method to the rat.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)759-764
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2012

Keywords

  • Dielectric heat of adipose tissue
  • Lipolysis
  • Non-invasive hyperthermia

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