Patent ID: 8002787

Claim:
A method for cutaneous tissue detachment, comprising the steps of: a) marking an area of tissue for cutaneous tissue detachment; b) forming at least two cutaneous tissue incisions of approximately 2.5 cm each; c) passing a first rod having a first diameter through the entire marked cutaneous tissue area; d) passing at least a second rod having a second rod diameter greater than the first rod diameter through the entire marked cutaneous tissue area; e) tapering at least one blood vessel in the marked tissue area with at least one of the first and second rods; f) sectioning the at least one tapered blood vessel after progressively stretching the tapered blood vessel with at least one of the first and second rods; g) causing formation of one or more blood clots in a tapered portion of the sectioned vessel, and incarcerating the one or more formed blood clots in an extremity of the sectioned vessel with at least one of the first and second rods until blood no longer flows past the one or more incarcerated clots, wherein steps c) through g) are performed without cauterization.