US Patent Issued to Lipocosm on Aug. 5 for "Vibrating surgical instrument for liposuction and other body contouring applications" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,874, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lipocosm LLC (Key Biscayne, Fla.).

"Vibrating surgical instrument for liposuction and other body contouring applications" was invented by Roger K. Khouri (Key Biscayne, Fla.) and Khalil R. Khouri (Key Biscayne, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrating hand held surgical instrument for loosening tissue of a patient for liposuction or body contouring procedures. The instrument includes a motor connected to a vibration actuator having an eccentric rotating mass and an end effector for engaging tissue operatively connected to the vibration actuator, wherein the motor rotates the eccentric mass...