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US 2004/0167498 A1Published application
Acne treatment
AssigneeRadiancy Inc.
InventorsZion Azar, Pinchas Shalev
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Abstract
A method and apparatus (100) are provided for treating acne using pulsed radiant energy (246) to destroy or partially destroy one or more hairs (12), without damaging the skin, or, alternatively, to destroy or partially destroy one or more acne-related structures without damaging either skin or hair.
Claims51
A method of treating acne comprising:
- heating a hair associated with a focus of acne;
- and
- conducting energy from the hair to at least one acne-related structure to at least partially destroy the structure.
A method of treating acne comprising:
- destroying a hair associated with a focus of acne using heat on a first occasion;
- and
- pulsed heating the focus of acne on a second occasion to at least partially destroy an acne-related structure.
An apparatus for ameliorating acne symptoms from a region of skin, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an opening therein, the housing forming a cavity enclosing a volume of air when the opening is placed in contact with the region of skin;
- and
- a pulsed heat source disposed within the housing that rapidly heats the volume of air to a temperature sufficient to destroy an acne-related structure by heat conducted via the skin or hair without causing damage to the skin or hair.
A method of treating acne comprising:
- heating the skin and optionally the hair of a subject with pulsed heat;
- conducting a portion of the heat to one or more acne-related structures from the skin and optionally from the hair;
- and
- at least partially destroying, by the conducted heat, of one or more acne related structures without causing damage to the skin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.