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Pearl Technology Holdings, LLC

Pearl I, LLC

Cyclotec Advanced Medical Technologies, Inc.

Michael Robert Weber

Paul J Weber

Luiz B Da Silva

Luiz B DaSilva

James Warren Wilson

David I Blatt

Robert D Weber

Dorothy E Wilson

Jeffrey S Mannheimer

Christopher P Weber

A device is described that can be used by surgeons to provide accurate tissue-lifting and tightening maneuvers that uses minimal external incisions, enhances accuracy, reduces inadvertent consequences while speeding the procedure. The device is comprised of a shaft with a relatively planar but possibly lenticulate or even slightly curved tip that can divide and energize various tissue planes causing net contraction via the fibrous tissue modification. Various forms of energy can also be delivered to cause desirable tissue alterations.

Tissue-lifting device

The present invention is a device that allows electrical stimulation to an anatomical site that is covered by a cast. The electrode is applied to achieve a desired physiological response (e.g., bone growth), treatment of pain, or the prevention of muscle atrophy.

Integrated cast and muscle stimulation system

Highly flexible liposuction cannulas are constructed of metal and plastic, with the metal cannulas having diameters of between 2.0 and 3.5 mm, and with the plastic cannulas having diameters greater than 3.5 mm (i.e., 3.5 to 9.0 mm). These long shaft flexible cannulas, when utilized in combination with a reinforced neck, allow the cannula point of entry to act as a fulcrum (with an optional interposed insert) and in concert with the surgeon's guiding hand to deflect the cannulas. The cannula tip is preferably highly beveled with an adjacent set of three openings, and the cannula easily penetrates fibrous fat and may reach fast deposits relatively distant from the entrance wounds. The long shaft, highly flexible, reinforced swan neck cannulas move in an easily controllable manner within the subcutaneous tissue below the dermal envelope in an arciform fashion. Benefits include a reduced need to move a patient's body position intraoperatively. The swan neck has been reinforced to provide the needed additional stability at handle/shaft junction to help the surgeon increase leverage on the cannula shaft. The long, flexible plastic cannula shafts are provided central removable metal &ldquo;memory&rdquo; reinforcing wires of varying thicknesses along the length thereof which allow controlled rigidity of the long plastic shafts, and enable the cannulas to be bent into a semi-circle without breaking and yet return to their original shape. Removing of the memory wire during autoclaving eliminates thermal damage at plastic/metal interfaces.

Liposuction cannulas with removable memory wire

The human face is efficiently and precisely dissected while radioifrequency energy is applied to controllably release target tissue bonds and alter surrounding tissues in such a fashion that these facial tissues contract and tighten in response to the energy application while automatically excluding vital nerves and vessels. Tightening will be most dramatic in younger patients between 45 and 55 years of age such that the surgeon may not have to cut-out or stretch skin for a desirable effect in most of this population. The device is inserted through only 3 relatively small 1 cm incisions allowing energy to be applied to the upper subcutaneous, lower dermal and platysmal face-lift layers. The procedures take less than 15 minutes following anesthesia and the effects will last for at least several years. The special arrangement of protrusions and recessions on the tip of the instrument allows the surgeon to efficiently force the device through face-lift planes with instantaneous knowledge of the location and progress simply by the &ldquo;feel&rdquo; of the apparatus. Vibrational energy and optional ultrasonic means will yield speed enhancement and tip debris and char reduction. The device and method permit efficient tissue separation and alteration of the lower face-neck-unit tissues, mid-face-unit tissues and scalp-forehead-temple-unit tissues.

Surgical device for performing face-lifting surgery using radiofrequency energy

A device is described that can be used by surgeons to provide quick and accurate face-lifting maneuvers that minimize the amount of tissue that has to be removed. The device comprises of a hollow undermining shaft with specially designed tip that can safely separate tissue planes and lyse fibrous tissue. Laser light can be delivered down the shaft to heat and cause tissue contraction. Device can also include a temperature sensor that can be used to control laser power. Optionally the device can also use ultrasound or electrosurgical energy to improve tissue lysing.

Surgical device for performing face-lifting using electromagnetic radiation

The human body is decorated with highly detailed, multicolored, personalized designs using Wirejet&trade; or electronically controlled ink ejection or similar printing technology. The designs are applied to the epidermal and upper dermal skin layers and last for at least several weeks. The decoration is produced by a print head comprising Wirejet&trade; nozzles, which spray biocompatible inks or dyes onto the skin. The Wirejet&trade; may be connected to a scanning mechanism to scan in one, two, or three directions. The decorations can be applied to contoured skin surfaces following flattening against a screen of intersecting wires, by robotic arm, or using z-axis technology. A computer stores the desired design and controls the firing of the Wirejet&trade; to produce the desired decoration or tattoo.

Skin decoration apparatus and method

Biocompatible materials are propelled at the skin with sufficient velocity to cause desired resurfacing of skin layers to the desired penetration depth. The materials, such as dry ice or water ice, are harmonious with the human body and thus eliminate foreign body reactions. Various materials may be used in combination, including local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors in solid or liquid form. The biocompatible solid or liquid particles are suspended in a cold carrier fluid and propelled through an insulated delivery system to the surface of the skin. The treatment of diseased skin lesions may be accomplished using the present invention as a drug delivery system.

Skin resurfacing and treatment using biocompatible materials

Inkjet printing technology is used to apply selected designs on fingernails or toenails. The nail-printing device applies highly detailed, customized, multicolored designs that are scaled to precisely fit within the boundary of each individual nail. The device comprises an ink jet print head, a holder for aligning the digits or nails, a camera to image the nails, a computer to acquire, store and analyze the image, and a control system that directs the ink jet print head to apply the scaled design to the nails.

Fingernail and toenail decoration using ink jets

Positive or negative biofeedback is provided by an apparatus using jets of fluid, such as a compressed gas, directed at a targeted area of a body to produce a positive or negative tactile sensation. A stimulus unit is connected to a fluid supply and is positioned on the body, such as the abdomen or back. A sensor unit connected to the stimulus unit is activated, such as by relaxed muscle position or other behavior, which then activates the stimulus unit to open release valves and deliver bursts of small jets of gas to the body. The sensor unit may be remote from the stimulus unit, whereby signals are sent remotely through a control unit to the stimulus unit to activate the release valves.

Fluid biofeedback device

A liposuction apparatus is provided which contains a shaft having a reinforced swan neck structure. The apparatus has a suction channel for removing fatty tissue and a channel for introducing cooling fluid material. Optionally, the tip of the shaft has a bezel for better separation of tissue and a sonic or ultrasonic generator.

Advanced fulcrum liposuction device

A method and composition for topically treating non-metastasizing skin eruptions of warts with tazarotene in a suitable pharmaceutical composition. The compositions can include corticosteroids or fluorouracil.

Method of treating warts using tazarotene

The flexible cannulas are constructed of metal and plastic, with the metal cannulas having diameters of between 2.0 and 3.5 mm, and with the plastic cannulas having diameters greater than 3.5 mm (i.e., 3.5 to 6.0 mm). These long shaft flexible cannulas, when utilized in combination with a reinforced neck, allow the cannula point of entry to act as a fulcrum (with an optional interposed insert) in concert with the surgeon's guiding hand to deflect the cannulas. The cannula tip is preferably highly beveled with an adjacent set of three openings, and the cannula easily penetrates fibrous fat and may reach fat deposits relatively distant from the entrance wounds. The long shaft, highly flexible, reinforced swan neck cannulas move in an easily controllable manner within the subcutaneous tissue below the dermal envelope in an arciform fashion. Benefits include a reduced need to move a patient's body position intraoperatively. The swan neck has been reinforced to provide the needed additional stability at handle/shaft junction to help the surgeon increase leverage on the cannula shaft. The long, flexible plastic cannula shafts are provided central metal 'memory' reinforcing wires of varying thicknesses along the length thereof which allow controlled rigidity of the long plastic shafts, and enable the cannulas to be bent into a semi-circle without breaking and yet return to their original shape.

Highly flexible, reinforced swan neck liposuction cannulas

Inkjet printing technology is used to apply a selected design on a fingernail or toenail. The nail printing device applies highly detailed, customized, multicolored designs that are scaled to the size and shape of the individual nail. The device comprises an ink jet print head; a holder for aligning the digit or nail, and a control system that contains the nail designs in an electronic digital form, scales and corrects the designs to the individual nail size and shape, and directs the ink jet print head to apply the scaled design to the nail.

Nail decoration using ink jets

The invention provides a method and an apparatus for decorating or coloring fingernails or toenails. According to the method, a subject's fingernail is scanned to obtain an image and the image is transferred to a computer. The computer then maps out the fingernail surface and scales a selected image or design to fit on the fingernail. This information is then used by the computer to activate an inkjet assembly to print out the stored image on the fingernail surface.

Fingernail decorating

There is provided an improved process and apparatus for cutting and/or fingernails. The process includes the step of providing laser radiation to cut or score the nails, and optionally cooling the site of administration of the laser beam. The nails can be coated with colored lacquers to provide a multicolored design when melted by the laser.

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Clearwater, FL, United States of America

Michael Robert Weber