ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,566, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Candela Corp. (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Method of treating tissue" was invented by Kevin Schomacker (Maynard, Mass.), Gary Varshavsky (Natick, Mass.), Dmitry Gregoriev (Framingham, Mass.), Nicolle Dest (North Grafton, Mass.) and Doron Kopel (Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of and apparatus for treating tissue wherein a handpiece with a cartridge of motor driven needles is placed in contact with tissue. The motor is energized to drive the needles. Energy is applied energy to the needles. Tissue impedance at the start of treatment is measured. Tissue impedance at the ...