System and method for stimulating hair growth
AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorsSaiqa Khan, Alexander Golberg, Martin Yarmush, William G. Austen, Jr.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for stimulating hair growth of a user. The system includes a stimulating unit in communication with a control unit. The stimulating unit includes at least one electrode to be placed on a region of the user, a pulser configured to send electronic pulses to the electrode, and a power supply which supplies power to the pulser. Operation of the system includes the steps of placing the at least one electrode on a region of the user, relaying a plurality of pulses to the electrode, terminating the pulses when a predetermined number of pulses have been delivered, and removing the electrode from the region of the user.
Claims20
A system for stimulating hair growth, the system comprising:
- a stimulating unit, the stimulating unit including:
- at least one electrode,
- a pulser in communication with the electrode and configured to provide an electronic pulse to the electrode;
- a power source configured to provide power to the pulser;
- and
- a control unit configured to communicate at least one stimulation parameter to the pulser, wherein the at least one stimulation parameter is selected to cause hair follicles proximate to the electrode to enter an anagen stage.
A method for stimulating hair growth, the method comprising:
- placing at least one electrode of a stimulating unit on a region of a user;
- delivering at least one electric pulse to the at least one electrode according to at least one pulse parameter, wherein the at least one pulse parameter is selected to cause hair follicles proximate to the region of the user to enter an anagen stage;
- terminating the delivery of the electric pulses when a predetermined number of pulses have been delivered, wherein the predetermined number is selected to cause hair follicles proximate to the region of the user to enter the anagen stage;
- and
- removing the at least one electrode from the region of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.