Patent ID: 7208006

Claim:
A process for stretching tissue, comprising the steps of: anchoring at least two pull means to a skin tissue at opposing locations of a skin wound, each pull means anchoring to at least two points in the skin, exercising a pull force upon the skin at the at least two points of anchoring of the at least two pull means by pulling the at least two pull means towards each other, alternating the pull force over time at each point of anchoring between at least a first and a second value, wherein the first value pull force is applied to a portion of the at least two points at which the pull means is anchored, and at the same time, the second value pull force is applied to another portion of the at least two points at which the pull means is anchored, wherein the first value is below the threshold at which the pull means would be torn out, and above a threshold value which causes ischemia in the skin tissue on the pressure side of the pull means, wherein the second value lies below the threshold value which causes ischemia in the skin tissue on the pressure side of the pull means, wherein the pull force is maintained at the first value respectively for a period of time, which lies below the ischemia tolerance duration of the skin tissue and wherein the pull force is maintained at the second value respectively for a period of time which makes possible a complete reperfusion of the skin tissue.