Method and apparatus for skin brown spot removal and collagen formation
AssigneeMattioli Engineering Ltd.
InventorGian Franco Bernabei
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Abstract
Radio frequency current pulses are applied to the skin in a controlled manner in order to heat selected volumes of skin, thereby inducing the removal of unwanted pigments from the skin and also enhancement of collagen formation on the skin. A probe provides the radio frequency current pulses to the skin, where the probe includes first and second metallic stripes, and where the probe is connected to two coaxial cables that are respectively connected to the first and second metallic stripes. The two coaxial cables are connected to a balanced/unbalanced transformer, which in turn is connected to a radio frequency generator that provides radio frequency pulses.
Claims8
A treatment system for enhancing collagen production on a region of a patient's skin, comprising:
- a pulsed radio frequency generator with an operating power of between 1 and 100 W, and with an operating frequency of between 7 MHz and 52 MHz, and with an output pulsewidth of between 1 and 500 millisecond;
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- a probe that is connected to the pulsed radio frequency generator, the probe including at least two electrodes,
- wherein the probe is applied to the skin in order to enhance collagen formation on the region of the patient's skin.
A method for enhancing collagen formation on a region of a patient's skin, comprising:
- applying at least one pulse from an radio frequency generator that operates at between 1 and 100 W, a frequency of between 7 and 52 MHz, and a pulsewidth of between 1 and 500 milliseconds;
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- providing the at least one pulse to the region of the patient's skin by way of a probe connected to the radio frequency generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.