Patent ID: 7637900
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A61K,A61L

Abstract:
1. A method of administering a material to a patient, comprising: (a) providing a material to be administered in a syringe; (b) injecting a needle of the syringe into the patient at a first injection site; (c) advancing the needle into the patient approximately along a horizontal plane with respect to epidermis of the patient; (d) injecting at least a portion of the material substantially into the horizontal plane while retracting the needle, leaving a portion of the needle in the patient; (e) directing the needle to an angle of about 5° to 20° from the prior needle position; (f) repeating (c)-(e) one or more times; (g) removing the needle from the patient; (h) injecting the needle of the syringe into the patient at a second injection site; (i) advancing the needle into the patient approximately along a horizontal plane with respect to the epidermis of the patient; (j) injecting at least a portion of the material substantially into the horizontal plane while retracting the needle, leaving a portion of the needle in the patient; (k) directing the needle to an angle of about 5° to 20° from the prior injection; (l) repeating steps (i)-(k) one or more times; and (m) removing the needle from the patient; wherein said method recontours skin of the patient by dermal or soft tissue enhancement.