Treatment apparatus and method of controlling same
AssigneeLutronic Corporation
InventorsKwang Chon Ko, Richard Howard Cohen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus and a method of controlling the same, and provides a treatment apparatus including an insertion unit formed in such a way as to be inserted into a tissue through a tissue surface, a bending sensing unit sensing bending of the insertion unit occurring during insertion, and a controller controlling the insertion operation of the insertion unit based on information sensed by the bending sensing unit, and a method of controlling the same. In accordance with the present invention, there is an advantage in that a treatment effect can be improved because treatment can be performed in the state in which the insertion unit has been inserted into an accurate target location.
Claims25
A treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an insertion unit comprising a plurality of microneedles and configured to be inserted into a tissue located in a dermal layer or a subcutaneous fat layer through a skin surface;
- a state sensing unit sensing a state of the insertion unit during insertion;
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- a controller controlling an insertion operation of the insertion unit based on information sensed by the state sensing unit,
- wherein the state sensing unit comprises a bending sensing unit sensing bending of the insertion unit occurring during insertion, and
- wherein when the bending of the insertion unit is sensed by the bending sensing unit, the controller controls the insertion operation of the insertion unit so that an end of the insertion unit reaches a target location in a state in which the bending of the insertion unit has been restored.
A treatment apparatus, comprising:
- a handpiece;
- an insertion unit comprising a plurality of microneedles and configured to advance and retract to and from one side of the handpiece and inserted into a tissue located in dermal layer or subcutaneous fat layer to transfer energy to a target location;
- a bending sensing unit sensing bending of the insertion unit occurring during insertion of the insertion unit;
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- a controller controlling an insertion operation of the insertion unit based on information sensed by the bending sensing unit,
- wherein when the bending of the insertion unit is sensed by the bending sensing unit, the controller controls the insertion operation of the insertion unit so that an end of the insertion unit reaches a target location in a state in which the bending of the insertion unit has been restored.
A method of controlling a treatment apparatus, comprising steps of:
- positioning an insertion unit comprising a plurality of micro needles on a tissue surface;
- inserting the insertion unit into a tissue located in a dermal layer or a subcutaneous fat layer by advancing the insertion unit;
- sensing bending of the insertion unit occurring during the insertion of the insertion unit;
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- controlling an insertion operation of the insertion unit based on the sensed bending information,
- wherein when the bending of the insertion unit is sensed by a bending sensing unit, the controller controls the insertion operation of the insertion unit so that an end of the insertion unit reaches a target location in a state in which the bending of the insertion unit has been restored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.