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USPTO Grants Patent for Liposuction Device

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Published March 24th, 2026
Detected March 24th, 2026
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Summary

The USPTO has granted a design patent (USD1120317S1) for a liposuction device. The patent was granted on March 24, 2026, to inventor Xuying Zhao. This grant signifies intellectual property protection for a new design in the medical device sector.

What changed

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a design patent, USD1120317S1, for a liposuction device. The patent was granted on March 24, 2026, with an application filing date of April 16, 2025. The inventor listed is Xuying Zhao. This patent covers the ornamental design of the device, not its functional aspects.

This patent grant provides intellectual property protection for the specific design of the liposuction device. Manufacturers or medical device makers interested in producing or selling a device with this particular design must ensure they have appropriate licensing agreements with the patent holder to avoid infringement. While this is a design patent and does not inherently create new regulatory compliance obligations for all medical device manufacturers, it is crucial for entities operating in this space to be aware of granted patents to manage their product development and market entry strategies effectively.

Source document (simplified)

← USPTO Patent Grants

Liposuction device

Design USD1120317S1 Kind: S1 Mar 24, 2026

Inventors

Xuying Zhao

CPC Classifications

A61B 2017/00747 A61B 2217/005 A61B 2017/32007 A61H 2205/022 A61H 2205/06 A61H 2205/08 A61H 2205/10 A61H 2205/12 A61H 7/002 A61H 7/003 A61H 7/007 A61H 7/008 A61M 1/89 A61M 2202/08

Filing Date

2025-04-16

Application No.

29999330

Claims

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Classification

Agency
USPTO
Published
March 24th, 2026
Instrument
Notice
Legal weight
Non-binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor
Document ID
USD1120317S1

Who this affects

Applies to
Manufacturers Medical device makers
Industry sector
3345 Medical Device Manufacturing
Activity scope
Medical Device Design
Geographic scope
United States US

Taxonomy

Primary area
Medical Devices
Operational domain
Legal
Topics
Intellectual Property

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