Hand piece with information projection and image processing
AssigneeLutronic Corporation
InventorJames Bartholomeusz
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Abstract
A hand piece for dermal therapy is provided that includes a projector configured to project digital information onto the skin of the patient. A clinician may thus monitor the digital information to confirm that the proper therapy parameters are being used or to adjust the dermal therapy based upon the therapy parameters including in the digital information. In addition, the hand piece includes a camera so that image processing may be used to identify features such as a lesion within a treatment area on the skin of the patient. Based on this image processing, the projector may then selectively illuminate the lesion.
Claims12
An RF-excited microneedle system for dermal therapy, comprising:
- a hand piece including a housing enclosing a plurality of microneedles that may be actuated through holes in the housing;
- and
- a projector extending from an exterior of the housing, the projector being configured to project digital information regarding parameters of the dermal therapy onto a skin of a patient.
A method of treating a patient with a hand piece, comprising:
- positioning the hand piece adjacent to a skin of the patient;
- and
- projecting digital information regarding parameters of a dermal therapy administered by the hand piece, wherein the projecting of the digital information is produced from a projector on the hand piece onto the skin of the patient during the dermal therapy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.