Very fine tubing is inserted into the fatty area, and ultrasonic energy emitted by the tubing causes fat cells to vibrate at high speeds and then to liquefy.

Concerning wire and fine tubing, the gauge number is used to specify the outside diameter of the product, whereas for larger mechanical tubing the gauge number specifies the wall thickness independent of the overall size of the tube.

By the time he had done that, Thornnastor and Murchison had the infusion needle sited in the stub of the Unborns umbilical and a length of fine tubing connecting it to one of the sterile containers of withdrawn gland secretion.