Method and system for treating skin
AssigneeSyneron Medical Ltd.
InventorsMichael Kreindel, Amir Waldman
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Abstract
A method and system for treating skin. The method comprises deforming the skin so that a region of skin protrudes from surrounding skin, and applying radio frequency (RF) energy to the skin. The system comprises a skin deformer that deforms a region of skin so that a region of skin protrudes out from surrounding skin. The system also comprises one or more RF elemodes configured to apply RF energy to the skin. The invention may be used to treat subcutaneous adipose tissue and cartage.
Claims18
A method for carrying out a treatment of skin, comprising, for each of one or more regions of the skin:
- (a) deforming the skin so that the region of skin protrudes from surrounding skin;
- (b) applying radio frequency (RF) energy to the skin;
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- (c) massaging the skin.
A system for treating skin, comprising:
- (a) a skin deformer deforming the skin so that a region of skin protrudes out from surrounding skin;
- (b) one or more RF electrodes configured to apply RF energy to the skins;
- (c) a massage for massaging the skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.