US 11,701,262 B2Granted

Devices and methods for skin tightening

AssigneeNeodyne Biosciences, Inc.

InventorsGeoffrey C. Gurtner, Michael T. Longaker, Reinhold H. Dauskardt, Paul Yock, John A. Zepeda, Kenneth N. Horne, Bankim H. Mehta, Michael H. Rosenthal, Joseph Rimsa, Sergio Salinas, Melanie Harris, Greg Spooner, Kin Chan

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Abstract

The methods, procedures, kits, and devices described herein assist with the healing process of tissue that was previously or simultaneously treated for a therapeutic or cosmetic effect. The methods, procedures, kits, and devices described herein can also provide temporary simulated results of a cosmetic procedure to allow for visual assessment to select the type of procedure or for treatment planning in advance of the surgical procedure.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A treatment method, comprising:

adhering a dressing with a pre-determined strain to a skin treatment location before ablating a pattern of dressing openings in the dressing or ablating a pattern of dermal tissue openings at the skin treatment location using a laser system;
ablating a pattern of dressing openings in the dressing using the laser system and ablating a pattern of dermal tissue openings at the skin treatment location using the laser system while the dressing is adhered to the skin treatment location, wherein each dermal tissue opening of the pattern of dermal tissue openings is a double-tapered tissue opening and the laser system used to form the pattern of dressing openings is the same as the laser system used to form the pattern of dermal tissue openings;
compressing the pattern of dermal tissue openings by releasing the pre-determined strain in the dressing, wherein compressing the pattern of dermal tissue openings occurs in a transverse direction to a length of each double-tapered tissue opening.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/026,895Filed 3 Jul 2018 · continuation
Priority: 3 Mar 2011
Published: US 2019/0015255 A117 Jan 2019
Granted: 18 Jul 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

A61F 13/01038
Characterised by a property: flexibility, stretchability or elasticity
A61B 18/203
Using laser: applying laser energy to the outside of the body
A61F 13/00
Bandages or dressings
A61F 13/01029
Characterised by the structure of the dressing: made of multiple layers

Family

Application61/448,809Us provisional application · filed 3 Mar 2011
Application61/476,163Us provisional application · filed 15 Apr 2011
Application61/605,717Us provisional application · filed 1 Mar 2012
Application13/411,443Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Mar 2012
US 2019/0015255 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Jan 2019
US 2012/0226214 A1Published application
US 11,701,262 B2This patent

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