Systems and methods with interrupt/resume capabilities for treating subcutaneous lipid-rich cells

A system for treating a subcutaneous lipid-rich region of a subject, comprising:na treatment device having a cooling plate configured to remove heat from the subcutaneous lipid-rich region of the subject during a treatment process; anda controller in electrical communication with the treatment device, the controller having a computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing a process comprising:nperforming a treatment process of the subcutaneous lipid-rich region with the treatment device to cool the subcutaneous lipid-rich region;detecting an interruption while the treatment device operates to cool the subcutaneous lipid-rich region during the treatment process;performing a recovery process in response to the detected interruption;returning the subcutaneous lipid-rich region of the subject to a condition generally similar to that at a time of the detected interruption; andcontinuing the treatment process to cool the subcutaneous lipid-rich region after performing the recovery process.

A controller useful for treating a subcutaneous lipid-rich region of a subject, the controller having a computer-readable medium containing instructions for performing a process comprising:nactivating a cooling plate to remove heat from the subcutaneous lipid-rich region during a treatment process; andwhen the treatment process is interrupted while the cooling plate operates to cool the subcutaneous lipid-rich region, determining a profile for a recovery process to compensate for rewarming of the subcutaneous lipid-rich region of the subject during the interruption.

A system for treating a subcutaneous lipid-rich region of a subject, comprising:na treatment device configured to remove heat from the subcutaneous lipid-rich region of the subject during a treatment process; anda controller in communication with the treatment device and containing instructions for:nstarting a treatment process by removing heat from the subcutaneous lipid-rich region using the treatment device such that the subcutaneous lipid-rich region is substantially maintained within a treatment temperature range at which lipid rich cells in the subcutaneous lipid-rich region are affected;detecting an interruption of the treatment process before completion of the treatment process;performing a recovery process in response to the detected interruption, the recovery process including cooling the subcutaneous lipid-rich region to return the subcutaneous lipid-rich region to the treatment temperature range; andresuming the treatment process after performing the recovery process by substantially maintaining the subcutaneous lipid-rich region within the treatment temperature range to affect lipid rich cells in the subcutaneous lipid-rich region.

A system for treating a subcutaneous lipid-rich region of a subject, comprising:na treatment device configured to cool the subcutaneous lipid-rich region of the subject; anda controller in communication with the treatment device and containing instructions for:nstarting a treatment process by cooling the subcutaneous lipid-rich region using the treatment device such that the subcutaneous lipid-rich region is at a therapeutically effective cooled state;detecting an interruption of heat transfer between the treatment device and the subject before completion of the treatment process;after detecting the interruption, cooling the subcutaneous lipid-rich region such that the subcutaneous lipid-rich region is returned to the therapeutically effective cooled state; andafter returning the subcutaneous lipid-rich region to the therapeutically effective cooled state, continuing the treatment process to substantially maintain the subcutaneous lipid-rich region at the therapeutically effective cooled state to complete the treatment process.