Subdermal cryogenic remodeling of muscles, nerves, connective tissue, and/or adipose tissue (fat)
AssigneeMyoScience, Inc.
InventorsLisa Elkins, Ronald Williams
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods treat cosmetic defects, and often apply cooling with at least one tissue-penetrating probe inserted through of the skin of a patient. The cooling may remodel one or more target tissue so as to effect a desired change in a composition of the target tissue and/or a change in its behavior. Exemplary embodiments of the cooling treatments will interfere with the nerve/muscle contractile function chain so as to mitigate wrinkles of the skin. Related treatments may be used therapeutically for treatment of back and other muscle spasms, chronic pain, and the like. Some embodiments may remodel subcutaneous adipose tissue so as to alter a shape or appearance of the skin surface.
Claims27
A method for improving a cosmetic appearance of a patient, the patient having a skin surface comprising a region of the face, the method comprising piercing a probe through the skin surface and directing cooling from the probe to a target tissue and cooling the target tissue below the skin surface such that the target tissue is remodeled and the remodeling of the target tissue temporarily inhibits contraction of a muscle so as to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles in the face associated with contraction of the muscle.
A method for improving a cosmetic appearance of a patient, the patient having a skin surface comprising a region of the face with a muscle therebelow, the muscle having an associated nerve/muscle contractile chain comprising the muscle, a nerve, a connective tissue, and a nerve/muscle junction, the method comprising piercing a probe through the skin surface and directing cooling from the probe to a component of the nerve/muscle contractile chain such that the component is remodeled and the remodeling temporarily inhibits contraction of the muscle so as to mitigate lines and wrinkles in the face associated with contraction of the muscle sufficiently to improve the cosmetic appearance of the face.
A method for treating a patient, the patient having a skin surface comprising a region of the face and a muscle therebelow, the method comprising piercing a probe through the skin surface and directing sufficient tissue remodeling energy or cooling below the skin surface from the probe so that contraction of the muscle is temporarily inhibited or a loss of elasticity is temporarily induced thereby reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles in the face associated with contraction of the muscle.
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