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US 2021/0322005 A1Published application
Microclosures and related methods for skin treatment
AssigneeCytrellis Biosystems, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Levinson, David Stone, Alec Ginggen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to microclosures and methods for treating microwounds in the skin (e.g., after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject). Exemplary microclosures include a material having at least one dimension of from about 10 um to about 1 mm after application to a microwound. The microclosure maintains a first compressive force when applied to the microwound.
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A method of treating skin comprising:
- (a) forming a plurality of microwounds, each having an areal dimension that is less than about 1 mm2 in the region of said skin and/or a volumetric dimension that is less than about 3 mm3 in the region of said skin;
- and
- (b) applying a plurality of microclosures to said plurality of microwounds, wherein each microclosure comprises a material having at least one dimension of from about 10 μm to about 1 mm after application,
- wherein each microclosure maintains a first compressive force, thereby treating said skin.
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A method of treating skin comprising:
- forming a plurality of microwounds, each having an areal dimension that is less than about 4 mm2 in the region of the skin and a volumetric dimension that is less than about 3 mm3 in the region of the skin;
- applying a plurality of microclosures to the plurality of microwounds, wherein each microclosure comprises a material having at least one dimension of from about 10 μm to about 1 mm after application, thereby forming a microclosure array;
- applying a second compressive force to the skin region, thereby treating the skin;
- and
- removing the microclosure array after treating said skin,
- wherein treating the skin comprises at least one of reducing tissue volume, reducing tissue area, removing skin laxity, and expanding tissue area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.