# US 12,766,238 B2 · Absorber module to prevent device contamination by secretion > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,766,238 B2 - Document ID: US12766238B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/284,300 - Filed: 2022-04-13 - Published: 2024-05-23 - Granted: 2026-10-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-14 - Assignees: Geneone Life Science, Inc.; Cubist Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Geneone Life Science, Inc.; Cubist Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Young Woo Oh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12766238B2 ## CPC - A61M 1/78: {Means for preventing overflow or contamination of the pumping systems (combined with drainage containers A61M1/60)} - A61M 2205/125: with incorporated filters - A61M 2205/7527: liquophilic, hydrophilic - A61M 2210/04: Skin - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract The present invention relates to an absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion, and more particularly, to an absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion, which includes a housing having an absorption module therein and including an adjustment unit capable of adjusting an absorption strength on an outer surface thereof, an absorption unit connected to an upper end of a body portion and absorbing waste products such as sebum and blackheads on a skin surface, and a ring-shaped first packing unit and a ring-shaped second packing unit disposed at an upper end of the first packing unit and detachable from the first packing unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion, comprising: a housing including an absorption module therein and an adjustment unit capable of adjusting an absorption strength on an outer surface thereof; an absorption unit connected to a top of a body part and absorbing waste products such as sebum and blackheads on a skin surface; and a cap blocking external substances from entering the absorption unit by covering the outer surface of the absorption unit to prevent the absorption unit from being contaminated by the external substances, and detachable from the top of the absorption unit, wherein the cap comprises: the body part coupled to and detachable from the side of the suction unit, and having an external surface which is knurled, and a head part formed to extend from an upper surface of the body part and, when fastened to the absorption unit, being spaced apart from the top of the absorption unit at a predetermined distance, wherein the head part comprises a ring-shaped first packing portion extending from the top of the body part, and a ring-shaped second packing portion disposed on the top of the first packing portion, and detachable from the first packing portion, wherein the second packing portion comprises a coupling protrusion protruding from a lower surface of the second packing portion to improve a fastening force between the first packing portion and the second packing portion by primarily increasing a contact surface area between the first packing portion and the second packing portion, wherein the second packing portion comprises an elastic portion disposed between the second packing portion and the coupling protrusion to prevent the second packing portion from being damaged by impact generated during attachment and detachment. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 1, wherein the elastic portion comprises a protrusion portion protruding from a lower surface of the elastic portion to improve the fastening force between the first packing portion and the second packing portion by secondarily increasing the contact surface area between the first packing portion and the second packing portion, and the first packing portion comprises a receiving groove disposed on the upper surface of the first packing portion to receive the protrusion portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 2, wherein the protrusion portion has a predetermined slope to improve the fastening force between the first packing portion and the second packing portion by tertiarily increasing the contact surface area between the first packing portion and the second packing portion, and the receiving groove has a slope corresponding to the slope of the protrusion portion so that the protrusion portion may be inserted therein. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 1, wherein the adjustment unit comprises: a button part capable of selectively adjusting the absorption strength of the absorption unit for each step by a user's pressure operation, and a panel part disposed on the lower surface of the button part to support the button part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 4, wherein the button part comprises: a first eccentric portion in which a height of the button part gradually increases from the center of the button part to the outer surface for user's convenience of operation, and a second eccentric portion in which a height of the button part gradually decreases from the outer surface of the first eccentric portion to the outer surface so as to induce the user to press the first eccentric portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 5, wherein the second eccentric portion has a shape in which a width gradually decreases downwards from the upper surface of the button part with a longitudinal direction of the button part as an axis so as to prevent the button part and the housing from being damaged due to friction as the button part is pressed by the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 4, wherein the panel part comprises: a first panel disposed on the lower surface of the button part to support the button part and primarily prevent external substances from entering the housing, and a second panel disposed on the lower surface of the first panel to secondarily prevent external substances from entering the housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 7, wherein the panel part further comprises a third panel disposed on the lower surface of the second panel to support the first panel and the second panel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 8, wherein the third panel comprises multiple coupling grooves protruding from the side of the third panel so as to be coupled and fixed to an adjustment module and including a receiving space into which a coupling member is inserted. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 7, wherein the first panel comprises a first transmission unit protruding from the lower surface of the first panel to primarily transmit the pressure applied downward to the button part by the user to an adjustment module, and the second panel comprises a second transmission unit engraved from the lower surface of the second panel to secondarily transmit the pressure pressed downward to the first transmission unit to the adjustment module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The absorber module to prevent device contamination by a secretion of claim 7, wherein the first panel comprises a guider protruding from the side of the first panel so that the first panel and the second panel may be fastened in a predetermined coupling direction, and the second panel comprises a guider receiving portion protruding from the side of the second panel to receive the guider.