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US 2013/0096548 A1Published application
Method for dermatological treatment using chromophores
AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorDieter Manstein
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Abstract
The present invention encompasses methods that use heat and/or electromagnetic radiation for dermatological treatment and more particularly to a method that uses heat and/or electromagnetic radiation in combination with chromophores for fractional wounding and, in particular, discontinuous fractional damage of skin tissue.
Claims21
1-26. (canceled)
An apparatus for fractional wounding of skin, comprising:
- a first structural arrangement that is configured to apply at least one chromophore in a specific pattern to a predetermined area of the skin, wherein the specific pattern corresponds to a desired pattern of fractional wounding of the skin;
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- a second structural arrangement that is configured to provide electromagnetic radiation to the predetermined area of the skin so as to produce a plurality of thermally-damaged regions in an epidermal portion of the skin based on an interaction between the at least one chromophore and the electromagnetic radiation.
An apparatus for fractional wounding of skin, comprising;
- a masking arrangement that is structured to cover at least a portion of the predetermined area of the skin;
- and
- a radiation arrangement that is configured to apply electromagnetic radiation to the predetermined area so as to generate regions of a thermal injury in an epidermal portion of the skin based on an interaction between the electromagnetic radiation and at least one of the masking arrangement or at least one chromophore that is applied to the skin,
- wherein a predetermined pattern of fractional wounding is formed based on the masking arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.