| CPC A61B 5/442 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0055 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0238 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |

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1. A method for measuring tautness of skin comprising:
providing a torsionometer comprising a shaft and a lower surface;
providing a housing for rotatably supporting the shaft for rotational movement of the torsionometer relative to the housing;
providing a sensor mounted to the housing and operably connected to the torsionometer to detect rotational movement of the torsionometer relative to the housing and connected to provide measured data to a processor;
adhering the lower surface to the skin;
rotating the torsionometer to thereby twist the skin until resistance from the twisting of the skin stops rotation of the torsionometer;
releasing the torsionometer to freely rotate under torque from the deformed skin;
measuring, by the sensor and the processor, recoil angular velocity of the torsionometer relative to the housing and associated with the releasing of the torsionometer; and
determining, by the processor, the tautness of the skin based at least in part on the recoil angular velocity of the torsionometer.
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