ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,498, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ACCLARO Corp. (Smithfield, R.I.).

"Device and method using laser coring to form independent lifting vectors for controlled pulling on human skin" was invented by Shlomo Assa (Lincoln, R.I.), David Friedman (Jerusalem), Yingyuan Fang (Lincoln, R.I.) and John Vachon (Lakeville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser treatment device includes a laser source configured to emit optical energy at a wavelength between about 2,700-3,500 nm, a laser applicator configured to deliver the optical energy to a target area of human tissue, and a controller configured to control the laser source and appl...