Rejuvenating skin by heating tissue for cosmetic treatment of the face and body
AssigneeGuided Therapy Systems, LLC
InventorsPeter G. Barthe, Michael H. Slayton, Inder Raj S. Makin
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Abstract
Systems and methods for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue with energy such as ultrasound energy are disclosed. In various embodiments, ultrasound energy is applied at a region of interest to affect tissue by cutting, ablating, micro-ablating, coagulating, or otherwise affecting the subcutaneous tissue to conduct numerous procedures that are traditionally done invasively in a non-invasive manner. Lifting sagging tissue on a face, neck, and/or body are described. Treatment with heat is provided in several embodiments.
Claims20
A method of rejuvenating an appearance of skin, comprising:
- placing an ultrasonic probe on a skin surface, the skin surface comprising an epidermis tissue over a target tissue comprising at least one of the group consisting of:
- a dermis, a fascia tissue, an adipose tissue, and a muscle tissue;
- directing focused therapeutic ultrasound energy from the ultrasonic probe, through the epidermis tissue to the target tissue comprising at least one of the group consisting of:
- a dermis tissue, a fascia tissue, an adipose tissue, and a muscle tissue;
- thereby treating at least one of the fascia tissue and the muscle tissue in the target tissue at a depth under the skin surface to rejuvenate the skin.
A method of non-invasive skin rejuvenation, comprising:
- acoustically coupling an ultrasound probe on a skin surface proximate a region comprising a target tissue comprising a superficial muscular aponeurotic system (“SMAS”);
- delivering focused ultrasound energy to heat the target tissue at at least one depth under the skin surface to rejuvenate skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.