ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,047, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).
"Method and apparatus for dermatological treatment" was invented by Richard R. Anderson (Boston), Mathew Avram (Boston), Fernanda H. Sakamoto (Boston), Wikunda Limpiangkanan (Cambridge, Mass.) and William A. Farinelli (Danvers, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary methods and systems can be provided for resurfacing of skin that include formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths greater than about 0.2 mm and less than about 0.7 mm or 0.5 mm, using a mechanical apparatus. Compressive and/or tensile forces can then be applied to the ...