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US 2024/0299148 A1Published application
Variable lifting thread for pain reduction
AssigneeNeo Dr. Inc.
InventorHyeon Ho KIM
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Abstract
A suture thread for use in a lifting procedure comprises: fixed portions composed of a non-stretchable medical thread and formed at both sides thereof to be fixed to the skin; and a variable portion which is positioned between the fixed portions and imparts structural elasticity, wherein the fixed portions and the variable portion are connected continuously, without a separate connecting structure, to form a single integrated medical thread.
Claims9
A variable lifting thread for pain reduction, which is a medical thread for a lifting procedure,
- wherein a medical thread is formed to be partitioned in a length direction into a first region and a second region,
- wherein the first region includes a fixed portion with fixing grooves having an acute angled sloping jaw formed on the outer surface of the medical thread to penetrate into the subcutaneous tissue to be fixed,
- wherein the second region includes a variable portion with elastic grooves formed alternately (zig-zag) on both sides of the outer circumference of the medical thread to have structural elasticity, and
- wherein when an external force acts, a connection portion between the elastic grooves of the variable portion stretches to provide elasticity to the medical thread.
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