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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Keith Penny, Monmouth, GB;
Nigel Mark Goble, Hungerford, GB;
Inventors:
Keith Penny, Monmouth, GB;
Nigel Mark Goble, Hungerford, GB;
Assignee:
Rhytec Limited, Berkshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for skin treatment comprises the steps of delivering at least one pulse of radio frequency power to at least one electrode in order to create an electric field; passing gas through the electric field in order to form plasma from the gas; and applying the plasma to the surface of skin. The amount of radio frequency power may be relatively low such that the application of plasma causes denaturation of collagen within the collagen-containing tissue beneath the skin surface, which may promote the generation of new collagen within the collagen-containing tissue.