Devices and methods for percutaneous energy delivery
AssigneeSyneron Medical Ltd.
InventorBankim H. Mehta
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for percutaneous energy delivery in an effective, manner using one or more probes. Additional variations of the system include array of probes configured to minimize the energy required to produce the desired effect.
Claims26
A method of cosmetically improving an appearance of skin by creating a controlled lesion in a region of dermal tissue adjacent to the skin, the region of dermal tissue having a set of electrical parameters comprising a first set of parameter values, the method comprising:
- applying a substance to the region of skin and the tissue, where application of the substance causes variance of at least one of the set of electrical parameters resulting at least a second set of parameter values;
- inserting at least one energy transfer unit through an epidermal layer of the skin where the energy transfer unit is electrically coupleable to an energy source and a controller;
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- controlling application of energy from the energy transfer unit to the region of dermal tissue in a manner to maintain the region at a treatment temperature for a treatment time to limit a volume of the lesion in the dermal tissue, where the controller maintains the treatment temperature independently of the of the variance between the first and second set of parameter values.
A method of cosmetically improving an appearance of skin by creating a plurality of controlled lesions in a region of dermal tissue adjacent to the skin, the region of dermal tissue having a set of electrical parameters comprising a first set of parameter values, the method comprising:
- applying a substance to the region of skin and the tissue, where application of the substance causes variance of at least one of the set of electrical parameters resulting at least a second set of parameter values;
- inserting at least two isolated energy transfer units through an epidermal layer of the skin where the energy transfer units are electrically coupleable to respective isolated energy sources and isolated controllers;
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- controlling application of energy from each energy transfer unit to the region of dermal tissue in a manner to maintain the respective region at a treatment temperature for a treatment time to limit a volume of each of the plurality of lesions in the dermal tissue and to limit an overlapping region of the lesions, where the controller maintains the treatment temperature independently of the variance between the first and second set of parameter values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.