Radially tensioned wound or skin treatment devices and methods
A lateral, radius of curvature technology, used in medical science, dressings, bandages, etc., can solve problems such as unclear pathophysiology
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[0061] Previous attempts to treat scars and keloids have included surgery, silicone dressings, steroids, x-ray irradiation and cryotherapy. Each of these techniques has disadvantages. Perhaps the biggest downside is that none of them are effective in preventing or improving scars or keloids in the first place. That is, these techniques are primarily used to treat scars after they have definitely formed.
[0062] Unloading of exogenous and / or endogenous stress in the vicinity of the wound can improve the formation of scars, hypertrophic scars or keloids. The mechanical environment of an injury may be an important factor in the tissue response to that injury. The mechanical environment includes exogenous stress (i.e., physiological stress, which includes stress transmitted to the wound by muscular action or physical body movement) and endogenous stress (i.e., skin stress arising from the physical properties of the skin itself, including Stress induced at the wound site due to...
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