Methods and systems for trans-tissue substance delivery using plasmaporation
AssigneeGOJO Industries, Inc.
InventorsSameer Kalghatgi, Abhishek Juluri, Jeffrey S. Louis, Tsung-Chan Tsai
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Abstract
Exemplary systems and methods associated with trans-tissue substance delivery using non-thermal plasma to porate skin or tissues using contoured dielectrics/electrodes and grounding techniques. In some embodiments, a substance delivery system may be incorporated into the plasma generating device for automatically controlled skin treatments. In other embodiments, a skin treatment patch may include the electrode and the treatment substance.
Claims18
An apparatus for providing a substance associated with a skin treatment, comprising:
- a treatment patch applied to skin associated with the skin treatment, wherein the treatment patch comprises:
- a substrate that flexibly conforms to a shape of the skin;
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- a substance reservoir for holding a treatment substance associated with the skin treatment;
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- a plasma generating device for generating a plasma;
- a power supply for powering the plasma generating device;
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- first circuitry for providing one or more electrical pulses to the plasma generating device;
- wherein the plasma generating device and the treatment patch are configured to apply the plasma and the treatment substance to the skin during the skin treatment.
An apparatus for providing a skin treatment, comprising:
- a plasma generating device for generating a plasma;
- a power supply for powering the plasma generating device;
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- a treatment patch applied to skin associated with the skin treatment, wherein the treatment patch comprises a substrate that flexibly conforms to a shape of the skin, and wherein the treatment patch provides a treatment substance to the skin during the skin treatment;
- wherein the plasma generating device and the treatment patch are configured to apply the plasma and the treatment substance to the skin during the skin treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.