Patent ID: 7985190
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: A61H,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of treating target dimpled and pocketed skin and adjacent tissue comprising: a) removably attaching, using adhesive means, a solid vibration transducer to a surface of a patient's skin in an area to be treated so as to prevent movement between the solid transducer and the surface of the patient's skin in the area to be treated; b) coupling the solid transducer to a mechanically vibrating vibration source having a variable frequency, variable vibration modes, and variable input energy; and c) controlling the variable frequency, the vibration mode, and the input energy using a frequency that matches the resonant frequency of the tissue below the surface of the skin so as to produce at least one standing wave in a combination of the solid transducer and the target skin and adjacent tissues such that a displacement wave is formed that is phase-shifted by a quarter-wavelength with a stress wave; d) whereby sufficient stress is achieved a quarter-wavelength below the surface of the patient's skin in the area being treated to bring about mechanical yield or failure of connective tissue causing the dimpled and pocketed skin, without causing stress to the surface of the patient's skin in the area being treated.