Patent ID: 8535299
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing tissue, the method comprising: selecting a section of tissue; forming a navicular or elliptical shaped array of open incisions in the section of tissue, the incisions having a navicular or elliptical shape and being isolated from one another, the array of open incisions defining a patch of tissue to be reduced; and closing each of the open incisions with at least one suture or an adhesive; wherein the array of open incisions comprises first and second ends, first and second sides, a longitudinal axis, a first length measured between the first and second ends of the array, and a first width measured between the first and second sides of the array, the first length extending in a same direction as the longitudinal axis and being greater than the first width; and wherein each of the open incisions comprises first and second ends, first and second sides, a long axis, a second length measured between the first and second ends of the incision, and a second width measured between the first and second sides of the incision, the second length extending in a same direction as the long axis and being greater than the second width; and wherein the long axes of the open incisions are parallel with the longitudinal axis of the array.