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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Lumenis Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Raymond Choye, Belmont, CA (US);
Lior Greenbaum, Yokneam Ilit, IL;
Assignee:
LUMENIS BE LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/203 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0047 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00619 (2013.01); A61B 2018/2015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cosmetic method of directionally tightening human skin tissue includes providing an ablative laser source and a non-ablative laser source, then using the ablative laser source to form one or more overlapping circular shaped microchannels in the skin tissue; the overlapping microchannels formed have a longitudinal dimension larger than their cross dimension; then, using the non-ablative laser source to weld the microchannels, whereby the welding causes the skin tissue to tighten.