Hair removal based on ipl
AssigneeEpilady 2000 L.L.C.
InventorOren AHARON
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Abstract
A device and method of hair removal treatment is disclosed, The device includes a combination of two light sources one an IPL and second an incandescent lamp type, halogen or others. The two light sources are applied simultaneously or sequentially to the treated area. The present invention relates to a method for hair removal treatment where multiple light sources are combined together and include at least one pulsed arc lamp, and are operated simultaneously or sequentially to treat a selected skin area. The incandescent light energy will raise the overall skin temperature while the arc lamp will selectively ablate the hair follicle with minimum collateral damage.
Claims1
An aesthetic treatment device, comprising:
- multiple treating light sources with at least one incandescent lamp and an intense pulse light (IPL) lamp to output power;
- an optical reflector for directing light output to a treatment area;
- a pulse generator to control the treating light sources power output through pulse generation adjustment;
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- a mechanical enclosure for containing the multiple treating light sources, the optical reflector and the pulse generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.