Skin treatment devices and methods with pre-stressed configurations

US9248049B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Geoffrey C. Gurtner · Palo Alto, US
• Reinhold H. Dauskardt · Menlo Park, US
• Michael T. Longaker · Atherton, US
• Paul G. Yock · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2500/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. The control of a wound's mechanical environment can be active, passive, dynamic, or static. The devices are configured to be removably secured to a skin surface in proximity to the wound site and shield the wound from endogenous and/or exogenous stress.