# US 2019/0167962 A1 · Cosmetic device for improved transdermal permeation and manufacturing method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0167962 A1 - Document ID: US20190167962A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/323,480 - Filed: 2017-06-14 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-09 - Assignees: L'oreal - Applicants: L'oreal - Inventors: Woo Ram Park; Shu Liu; Bradford Pistorio - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167962A1 ## CPC - A61M 37/00: Other apparatus for introducing media into the body (for reproduction or fertilisation A61B17/425; apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N1/30); Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin (salt baths A61H33/04) - A61N 2/002: {in combination with another treatment} - A61M 2037/0007: {having means for enhancing the permeation of substances through the epidermis, e.g. using suction or depression, electric or magnetic fields, sound waves or chemical agents} - A61M 2207/00: Methods of manufacture, assembly or production - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing a cosmetic device configured to deliver an active component into a skin and a method for manufacturing such a cosmetic device. In an embodiment, the cosmetic device includes an anisotropic magnetic element located in or on the head part of the body and configured to generate a magnetic field which induces diamagnetism in the active component. In an embodiment, the anisotropic magnetic element has a honeycomb magnetization pattern. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cosmetic device for delivering an active component into a skin, comprising: a body including a handle part and a head part extending from the handle part; and an anisotropic magnetic element located in or on the head part of the body, the anisotropic magnetic element configured to generate a magnetic field and to induce diamagnetism in the active component; wherein the anisotropic magnetic element has a honeycomb magnetization pattern. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cosmetic device according to claim 1, wherein the honeycomb magnetization pattern includes a plurality of hexagonal magnetization zones in array, each hexagonal magnetization zone has either N polarity or S polarity. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cosmetic device according to claim 1, wherein the anisotropic magnetic element includes a neodymium rubber magnet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cosmetic device according to claim 1, wherein the anisotropic magnetic element has a magnetic flux density between about 50 gauss (G) and about 1500 gauss, preferably between 100 gauss and 300 gauss. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cosmetic device according to claim 1, wherein the head part of the body includes a cover for covering the anisotropic magnetic element within the head part of the body. ### Claim 6 A method for delivering an active component into a skin, comprising: generating a magnetic field via an anisotropic magnetic element having a honeycomb magnetization pattern; and inducing diamagnetism in the active component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein generating the magnetic field via the anisotropic magnetic element having a honeycomb magnetization pattern includes magnetizing the anisotropic magnetic element such that the honeycomb magnetization pattern includes a plurality of hexagonal magnetization zones in array, each hexagonal magnetization zone has either N polarity or S polarity. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of hexagonal magnetization zones are magnetized by a magnetizer having an array of hexagonal magnetizing cores. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein generating the magnetic field via the anisotropic magnetic element having a honeycomb magnetization pattern includes generating the magnetic field via an anisotropic magnetic element formed from a neodymium rubber magnet. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, generating the magnetic field via the anisotropic magnetic element having a honeycomb magnetization pattern includes generating the magnetic field via an anisotropic magnetic element including a cover for covering the anisotropic magnetic element. ### Claim 11 A method for manufacturing a cosmetic device for delivering an active component into a skin, comprising: providing a body comprising a handle part and a head part extending from the handle part; providing an anisotropic magnetic element configured to generate a magnetic field and to induces diamagnetism in the active component, the anisotropic magnetic element having a honeycomb magnetization pattern; and, attaching the anisotropic magnetic element to the head part of the body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein providing the anisotropic magnetic element includes magnetizing the anisotropic magnetic element such that the honeycomb magnetization pattern includes a plurality of hexagonal magnetization zones in array, each hexagonal magnetization zone has either N polarity or S polarity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of hexagonal magnetization zones are magnetized by a magnetizer having an array of hexagonal magnetizing cores. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein providing the anisotropic magnetic element includes forming the anisotropic magnetic element from a neodymium rubber magnet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising providing a cover for covering the anisotropic magnetic element.