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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Pulse Biosciences, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Lauren M. Jauregui Johnston, Millbrae, CA (US);
Edward A. Ebbers, San Carlos, CA (US);
David J. Danitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard L. Nuccitelli, Millbrae, CA (US);
Darrin R. Uecker, San Mateo, CA (US);
Kevin L. Moss, Lathrop, CA (US);
Cameron D. Hinman, Thurmond, NC (US);
Pulse Biosciences, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and apparatuses for reducing or eliminating skin glands (e.g., sebaceous, eccrine and apocrine) with an electric treatment. These apparatuses and methods may produce electroporation of cells by applying treatment dose having an energy density sufficient to eliminate or reduce the size of a target gland. Also described herein are methods for treating and/or preventing a disorder of a skin gland. For example, described herein are methods of treating sebaceous hyperplasia.