Pilomotor effect stimulating device and method
OwnerDavid Aberizkinventor
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Abstract
A pilomotor effect stimulating device is designed to electrically stimulate the arrector pili muscles of the skin to cause a pilomotor reaction in which goosebumps are formed in the affected area and the hairs are raised away from the skin. The device has a handle and a head at one end of the handle carrying electrodes for skin application. An electronic control unit in the handle is connected to the handles and includes a pulse generator configured to produce a pulsed electrical signal at the electrodes which is designed to stimulate the arrector pili muscles in the vicinity when the electrodes are applied to the skin. The device may be used as a shaving aid to raise the hairs in an area to be shaved, making it easier to cut the hairs closer to the skin when shaving.
Claims20
A pilomotor effect stimulating device, comprising:
- a handle having opposite first and second ends and configured for gripping by a user;
- a head secured to the second end of the handle and having at least two spaced electrodes configured for application of a pulsed electrical signal to an area of the skin covered by hair;
- a power supply mounted in the handle;
- an electronic control unit mounted in the handle and connected to the power supply and the electrodes;
- a user operable switch in the handle configured to control connection of the power supply to the electronic control unit;
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- the control unit comprising a control module and a pulse generator configured to communicate a pulsed electrical signal to the electrodes for application to the skin to stimulate the arrector pili muscles in a selected skin area.
A method of stimulating the pilomotor effect in a selected skin area, comprising:
- turning on an electronic control unit including a pulse generator to apply a pulsed electrical signal at two or more electrodes on the head of a hand held pilomotor effect stimulating device;
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- applying the electrodes to a selected skin area, the pulsed electrical signal being configured to stimulate the arrector pili muscles of hairs in the vicinity of the electrodes and raise the hairs in the stimulated area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.