Method and apparatus for skin stabilization and positioning
OwnerDieter Mansteininventor
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of a method, device, and apparatus for positioning an apparatus on a location of a tissue. For example, a substantially rigid film over an area of tissue to be treated can be provided. The film can include a positioning arrangement that facilitates a particular spatial engagement with the apparatus. The exemplary method can further include applying a portion of the film to a portion of a surface of the tissue and positioning the apparatus at the location by the engagement of the film to the apparatus using the feature of the film.
Claims23
A system for ablating at least one particular location of a biological tissue, comprising:
- a film configured to engage with at least one portion of a surface of the tissue that includes the at least one particular location;
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- a device comprising a source of ablative electromagnetic radiation,
- wherein the film comprises at least one first feature, and the device comprises at least one second feature,
- wherein the at least one first feature comprises a first track arrangement and the at least one second feature comprises a second track arrangement,
- wherein at least one of the first track arrangement or the second track arrangement extends for approximately the entire distance between opposing edges of at least respective one of the device or the film along approximately a straight axis,
- wherein at least one portion of the film comprises one or more first holes,
- wherein the at least one first feature is structured or configured to engage or cooperate with the at least one second feature of the device to position the device over the particular location, such that, in operation, the device provides an ablative radiation through the one or more holes provided in the film over the at least one particular location such that the ablative radiation passes through an entire thickness of at least one of the one or more first holes, and impacts the tissue at the at least one particular location to ablate at least one second hole in the tissue when the device is activated.
A method for affecting a biological tissue at at least one particular location, comprising:
- adhering a film comprising one or more first holes to at least one portion of a surface of the tissue that includes the at least one location, wherein the film comprises at least one first feature;
- providing a device comprising a source of ablative electromagnetic radiation and at least one second feature,
- engaging or cooperating the at least one first feature with the at least one second feature to position the device at a certain position relative to the at least one particular location;
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- activating the device to provide an ablative electromagnetic radiation through an entire thickness of at least one of the one or more holes of the film over the at least one particular location, and to further impact the tissue to ablate at least one second hole at the at least one particular location,
- wherein the at least one first feature comprises a first track arrangement and the at least one second feature comprises a second track arrangement, and
- wherein at least one of the first track arrangement or the second track arrangement extends for approximately the entire distance between opposing edges of at least respective one of the device or the film along approximately a straight axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.