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Method for scar collagen formation and contraction

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  • US 6,241,753 B1
  • Filed: 01/05/1996
  • Issued: 06/05/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for inducing the formation of scar collagen in a selected collagen containing tissue site beneath an epidermis skin surface, comprising:

  • providing an energy source;

    producing energy from the energy source;

    creating a reverse thermal gradient through the skin epidermis surface where a temperature of the skin epidermis surface is lower than the selected collagen containing tissue site; and

    delivering energy from the energy source through the skin epidermis surface to the selected collagen containing tissue site for a sufficient time to induce collagen formation in the selected collagen containing tissue site, minimizing cellular necrosis of the skin epidermis surface and tightening the skin epidermis surface.

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