Apparatus for skin resurfacing

摘要

An apparatus [10] includes a thermal delivery arrangement including a porous membrane [18] configured to conform to an exterior skin layer surface [12] electromagnetic electrodes [16] are coupled to the thermal delivery arrangement to deliver thermal energy through the skin layer to the underlying collagen tissue. A thermal energy controller is coupled to the thermal delivery arrangement to provide sufficient thermal energy from the electrodes to contract the collagen layer tissue with no deeper than a first degree burn formed on the exterior skin layer surface.