CPC A61F 13/00038 (2013.01) [A61B 18/203 (2013.01); A61F 13/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/00029 (2013.01); A61F 13/023 (2013.01); A61F 13/0223 (2013.01); A61F 13/0226 (2013.01); A61F 13/0256 (2013.01); A61F 13/0259 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00765 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0047 (2013.01); A61F 2013/006 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00374 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A treatment method, comprising:
adhering a dressing with a pre-determined strain to a skin treatment location before ablating a pattern of dressing openings in the dressing or ablating a pattern of dermal tissue openings at the skin treatment location using a laser system;
ablating a pattern of dressing openings in the dressing using the laser system and ablating a pattern of dermal tissue openings at the skin treatment location using the laser system while the dressing is adhered to the skin treatment location, wherein each dermal tissue opening of the pattern of dermal tissue openings is a double-tapered tissue opening and the laser system used to form the pattern of dressing openings is the same as the laser system used to form the pattern of dermal tissue openings;
compressing the pattern of dermal tissue openings by releasing the pre-determined strain in the dressing, wherein compressing the pattern of dermal tissue openings occurs in a transverse direction to a length of each double-tapered tissue opening.
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