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Radiation is delivered to a wound in a series of sufficiently short pulses, with adequate cooling between individual pulses, to produce cumulative thermal denaturation and welding of the skin edges at the immediate area of the wound site, while avoiding unnecessary thermal damage to surrounding heal

Radiation is delivered to a wound in a series of sufficiently short pulses, with adequate cooling between individual pulses, to produce cumulative thermal denaturation and welding of the skin edges at the immediate area of the wound site, while avoiding unnecessary thermal damage to surrounding healthy tissue.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method of welding tissue wounds, including the sequential steps of:a) Applying an exogenous absorber material to the wound along the wound edges and throughout the depth of the wound;b) Apposing the wound edges of the tissue:c) Irradiating the wound in a pulsed mode o

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method of welding tissue wounds, including the sequential steps of:a) Applying an exogenous absorber material to the wound along the wound edges and throughout the depth of the wound;b) Apposing the wound edges of the tissue:c) Irradiating the wound in a pulsed mode of pulses of about 80 ms to about 250 ms so as to confine the irradiated energy to an immediate area surrounding the wound, the energy of about 1 to about 100 J/cm.sup.2 to weld the tissue edges together; andd) cooling the immediate area for a period of over 1 sec after each said pulse during irradiation.