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US 5,397,352 AGranted
Method of recollagenation
OwnerSteven Burresinventor
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Abstract
A surgical method for implanting cadaver collagen for the restoration of lesions caused by the loss of collagen. The skin is perforated and a pocket is created under the skin. Human cadaver collagen is then introduced into the pocket and the skin perforation is closed. Over the next several months, the cadaver collagen is replaced by endogenous collagen.
Claims8
A method of recollagenation comprising:
- a. identifying a skin depression for elevation;
- b. perforating the skin with a needle adjacent to the said skin depression;
- c. creating a pocket underneath the skin surface over said skin depression by swiveling said needle through the dermis;
- d. cutting at least one strip or chip of freeze dried banked human fascia lata to be placed in said pocket;
- e. soaking said strip or chip of fascia lata in a supersaturated sugar solution;
- f. inserting said strip or chip of fascia lata through said skin surface above said pocket;
- and
- g. closing said skin perforation.
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