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US 2023/0000538 A1Published application
Systems and methods for tattoo removal using cold plasma
AssigneeClear Intradermal Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames W. WINKELMAN, Martin E. SCHMIEG
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Abstract
A method and system for tattoo removal from a subject by exposing tattoo ink particles trapped within the dermis to a cold plasma is described herein. The tattoo removal method and system can be used to remove the tattoo from the skin of the subject being treated. In addition, the method and system described allows for the extraction of the tattoo ink particles, which may have toxic properties, from the subject's body.
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A method of removing a tattoo from a subject's skin comprising the steps of:
- (i) dislodging and degrading tattoo ink particles by applying cold plasma to a subject's tattooed dermis;
- (ii) mobilizing the dislodged and degraded ink particles and by-products thereof;
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- (iii) extracting the dislodged and degraded ink particles and by-products thereof from the subject's dermis to render at least a portion of the tattoo undetectable, invisible, and/or non-discernible.
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A system for removing a tattoo from a subject's skin, the system comprising:
- a cold plasma generation component;
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- a treatment component;
- wherein the cold plasma generation component provides a cold plasma to the treatment component and the treatment component delivers the cold plasma to a subject's tattooed dermis in an effective amount to dislodge and degrade tattoo ink particles and render the tattoo undetectable, invisible, and/or non-discernible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.