System and Method for Treating Connective Tissue

Abstract

A method and system of treating connective tissue to increase flexibility of the connective tissue or decrease tension in the connective tissue includes forming perforations in the connective tissue to at least 90% of the depth or thickness of the connective tissue and maintaining the perforations in the connective tissue. The method alters the tissue to enhance the . fundamental mechanisms involved the immunology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics of the metabolism of the connective tissue. The connective tissue may be any desired connective tissue, such as scleral tissue of the eye. The connective tissue of the eye may be removed to form a first desired pattern of perforations in the connective tissue of the eye at a first distance from the corneal center of the eye. The first desired pattern of perforations may have a plurality of perforations. Connective tissue is removed from the eye to form a second desired pattern of perforations in the tissue of the eye at a second distance from the corneal center of the eye. The second desired pattern of perforations may have a plurality of perforations.

1 . A method of treating connective tissue comprising:
 forming perforations in the connective tissue to at least 90% of the depth of the connective tissue; and   at least partially affecting normal healing of the perforations.   
     
     
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