Codman Neuro Sciences Sarl

Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.

Integra Lifesciences Switzerland Sarl

Alec Ginggen

Rocco Crivelli

Douglas Adam Levinson

David A Stone

Toralf Bork

Bret William Smith

Randal T Byrum

Daniel F Dlugos, Jr

Dean L Garner

Jeffrey S Swayze

Anil K Nalagatla

Sean P Conlon

Amy L Marcotte

David T Krumanaker

Thierry Utard

Benito Valencia Avila

Jean-Sebastien Petithory

Philippe Margairaz

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Mark S Ortiz

Jeffrey David Messerly

Richard William Timm

Daniel J Mumaw

Kristian J DiMatteo

Kyle P Moore

Thomas Swyst

Geoffrey C Hueil

Lauren S Weaner

Donna L Korvick

Thomas E Adams

Eric W Thompson

Patrick J Swindon

Thierry Pipoz

Christopher W Widenhouse

Wells D Haberstich

Scott A Woodruff

Mark Tsonton

Salim Kassem

Juergen Burger

Timothy P Lessek

Yanik Tardy

Christine H Chen

John R Hoofnagle

Oivind Brockmeier

Frank Zumkehr

Rocco Crivelii

Robert Brik

Jose Lizardi

Nicholas Anderson

Krista Moniz

Danillo Roth

Douglas Levinson

David Stone

Nick Anderson

Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods for treating skin, such as skin tightening or for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions that would benefit from tissue area or volume reduction, skin restoration, skin tightening, skin lifting, and/or skin repositioning and/or for generally improving skin function or appearance (e.g., the removal of unwanted skin features or irregularities such as sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair follicles, necrosis, and fibrosis). Such apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods comprise an apparatus having a handheld main body and a detachably attachable tip comprising one or more needles.

Devices and methods for ablation of the skin

Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses, and devices for treating skin, such as skin tightening or for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions that would benefit from tissue area or volume reduction, skin restoration, skin tightening, skin lifting, or skin repositioning. Such methods and devices include an ablative apparatus, a removal apparatus, and/or a positioning apparatus.

Methods and apparatuses for skin treatment using non-thermal tissue ablation

The present invention relates to methods and devices for skin tightening after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject. Exemplary methods and devices include tunable dressings having an adhesive layer and a regulatable layer or an un-stretched layer that responds to one or more external stimuli to contract or expand the dressing, where the contraction or expansion can be uniform or non-uniform.

Methods and devices for skin tightening

Disclosed herein are devices (e.g., needles (e.g., hollow needles), hollow staples, articles, apparatuses, and systems), kits, and methods for treating skin and skin conditions, for example, by promoting skin tightening, such as by reducing skin laxity and reducing tissue area or volume.

Devices and methods for cosmetic skin resurfacing

Disclosed herein are apparatuses, kits, and methods for treating skin, such as skin tightening, e.g., reducing skin laxity, for treating conditions that would benefit from tissue area or volume reduction, skin restoration, skin tightening, skin lifting, and/or skin repositioning, and/or for generally improving skin function or appearance. Such apparatuses, kits, and methods include one or more hollow needles each having at least one prong and a mechanism for removing skin tissue portion(s) from the hollow needle(s).

An implant includes a processor, RF communication circuitry, optical communication circuitry, a power source and a memory, all of which being hermetically sealed within a housing having a transparent window. Sensor readings are transmitted by RF using the RF communication circuitry to a remote reader after receiving interrogation signals from the reader. During calibration of the sensor, corrective coefficients are calculated by comparing actual sensor pressure readings with known pressure readings. The corrective coefficients are transmitted to the memory of the control circuitry using optical communication wherein modulated light is transmitted through the transparent window of the housing to the photo-detector.

Method for the calibration of an implantable sensor

The present invention features methods of manipulating subdermal fat in a treatment area. Such methods include inserting a needle (e.g., a micro-coring needle) through the dermis to the subdermal fat layer in order to excise a portion of tissue from the treatment area. These insertions result in a portion of the dermis and a portion of subdermal fat to enter into the needle. Removal of the needle results in excision of the portion of dermis and subdermal fat that entered into the needle.

Methods and devices for manipulating subdermal fat

Device and device body for mechanical fractional ablation of the skin

An apparatus for regulating the functioning of a patient's organ or duct includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end. A fastener is disposed on the first end of the elongated member. The fastener is configured to engage the second end of the elongated member so that the elongated member forms a loop around the organ or duct. A tension element is disposed for movement within the elongated member. A drive element is associated with and engages the tension element for causing the tension element to control the tension applied by the elongated member against a patient's body organ or duct. A tension release mechanism is associated with the tension element.

Implantable restriction system tension release mechanism

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Plymouth, MA, United States of America

Alec Ginggen