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US 11,141,219 B1Granted
Self-operating belt
AssigneeBTL Healthcare Technologies A.S.
InventorTomás̆ Schwarz
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Abstract
A method of treating tissue of a patient uses a device including a mother case, a belt, at least one treatment unit and at least two applicators. The treatment method may include attaching first and second applicators to the belt at a working distance to the patient's surface, and providing different treatment energy to the first applicator and the second applicator. A treatment pattern is created by the applicators providing the different treatment energies. The hardware pattern or positions of the applicators on the belt may be changed before and/or during the treatment. The hardware pattern may be based on selected treatment effect and body part.
Claims30
A method of improving a visual appearance of a patient with a modular treatment device, comprising:
- connecting a first treatment unit and a second treatment unit to a mother case;
- wherein the mother case includes a control unit and slots;
- wherein the first and second treatment units are removably connected to the mother case in the slots;
- using the control unit to detect and configure the first and second treatment units in the mother case,
- wherein the control unit includes a processor and a memory;
- wherein the control unit contains one or more predefined treatment protocols;
- and
- wherein the control unit is configured to control the first and second treatment units;
- connecting a first applicator to the first treatment unit, connecting a second applicator to the second treatment unit and coupling the first and second applicators to a body part of the patient;
- wherein the first applicator includes a first treatment energy source;
- and
- wherein the second applicator includes a second treatment energy source;
- providing the one or more predefined treatment protocols to a user based on a detection of the first and/or the second treatment unit;
- generating treatment energies with the first and second treatment units,
- wherein each of the first and second treatment units generates a different type of the treatment energy;
- providing a first treatment energy to the body part of the patient with the first treatment energy source;
- providing a second treatment energy to the body part of the patient with the second treatment energy source;
- and
- guiding the treatment with the control unit in order to improve the visual appearance of the patient.
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A method of improving a visual appearance of a patient with a modular treatment device, comprising:
- connecting a first treatment unit and a second treatment unit to a mother case;
- wherein the mother case includes a control unit and slots;
- wherein the first and second treatment units are removably connected to the slots of the mother case by a user, and
- wherein the first and second treatment units are interconnected;
- detecting and configuring the first treatment unit and the second treatment unit with the control unit,
- wherein the control unit includes a processor and a memory;
- wherein the control unit contains one or more predefined treatment protocols;
- and
- wherein the control unit controls the first and second treatment units;
- connecting a first applicator to the first and second treatment units and coupling the first applicator to a body part of the patient, wherein
- the first applicator includes a first treatment energy source and a second treatment energy source;
- providing the one or more predefined treatment protocols to the user based on a detection of the first and second treatment units;
- generating a first treatment energy with the first treatment unit;
- generating a second treatment energy with the second treatment unit;
- wherein the second treatment energy is different than the first treatment energy;
- providing the first treatment energy to the body part of the patient with the first treatment energy source to cause a treatment effect;
- providing the second treatment energy to the body part of the patient with the second treatment energy source to cause the treatment effect;
- and
- guiding the treatment with the control unit according to a selected one or more predefined treatment protocols in order to improve the visual appearance of the patient.
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A method of improving a visual appearance of a patient with a modular treatment device, comprising:
- connecting a plurality of treatment units to a mother case via slots;
- wherein the plurality of treatment units are removably plugged to the mother case;
- detecting and configuring the plurality of treatment units in the mother case by a control unit,
- wherein the control unit includes a processor and a memory;
- wherein the control unit contains at least one predefined treatment protocol;
- and
- wherein the control unit is configured to control the plurality of treatment units;
- connecting an applicator to the plurality of treatment units and coupling the applicator to a body part of the patient;
- wherein the applicator includes at least one treatment energy source;
- selecting the at least one predefined treatment protocol by the user of the modular treatment device;
- generating treatment energies with the plurality of treatment units according to the selected at least one predefined treatment protocol,
- wherein each of the plurality of treatment units generates a different type of the treatment energy;
- providing a plurality of treatment energies to the body part of the patient with the at least one treatment energy source;
- and
- guiding the treatment with the control unit in order to improve the visual appearance of the patient.
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A method of a improving a visual appearance of a patient with a modular treatment device, comprising:
- connecting a first treatment unit and a second treatment unit to a mother case;
- wherein the mother case includes a control unit and slots;
- wherein the first and second treatment units are connected to the slots of the mother case in a plug and play regime;
- and
- wherein the first and second treatment units are interconnected;
- providing one or more predefined treatment protocols to the user, based on a detection of the first and second treatment units by the control unit,
- wherein the control unit includes a processor and a memory;
- connecting an applicator to the first and second treatment units and coupling the applicator to a body part of the patient,
- wherein the applicator includes a plurality of first treatment energy sources and a plurality of second treatment energy sources;
- generating a first treatment energy with the first treatment unit;
- generating a second treatment energy with the second treatment unit;
- wherein the second treatment energy is different than the first treatment energy;
- providing a first treatment energy to the body part of the patient with the plurality of first treatment energy sources to cause a treatment effect;
- providing a second treatment energy to the body part of the patient with the plurality of second treatment energy sources to cause the treatment effect;
- and
- guiding the treatment with the control unit in order to improve the visual appearance of the patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.