Method and apparatus for skin absorption enhancement and cellulite reduction
AssigneeMattioli Engineering Ltd.
InventorGian Franco Bernabei
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Abstract
Application of electrical pulses and mechanical vibrations to the skin is provided in a controlled manner, in order to increase the absorption of substances applied previously on the skin. Electrical pulses are provided to the skin by way of an array of electrodes disposed on a vibrating head, and the mechanical vibrations are provided to the skin by way of the vibrating head being made to vibrate. Preferably, the electrical and mechanical vibrations are at the same frequency and phase with respect to each other, in order to increase the absorption effect. Also, a suction is applied to the skin, in order to provide for a substantially uniform absorption of the substance that was applied previously on the skin.
Claims12
An apparatus for enhancing absorption of skin, comprising:
- a vibrating head;
- an array of electrodes disposed on the vibrating head;
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- an electric pulse generator that is electrically coupled to the array of electrodes;
- at least one conductive roller;
- a chamber disposed between the vibrating head and the at least one conductive roller;
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- a vacuum pump connected to the chamber,
- wherein vacuum is applied to the chamber in order to generate suction on the skin, and
- wherein electrical pulses are applied to the skin by way of the array of electrodes, at a same time mechanical vibrations are provided to the skin by way of the vibrating head, in order to enhance the absorption of a substance applied to the skin.
An apparatus for enhancing absorption of a substance applied to a skin, comprising:
- an array of electrodes disposed on a plate;
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- an electric pulse generator that is electrically coupled to the array of electrodes;
- at least one conductive roller;
- a chamber disposed between a vibrating head and the at least one conductive roller;
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- a vacuum pump connected to the chamber,
- wherein vacuum is applied to the chamber in order to generate suction on the skin, and
- wherein electrical pulses are applied to the skin by way of the array of electrodes, at a same time the vacuum in applied to the chamber, in order to enhance the absorption of a substance that was applied to the skin prior to the vacuum being applied to the skin and the electrical pulses being applied to the skin.
A treatment method for enhancing absorption of substances provided on a skin surface of a patient, comprising:
- a) applying a substance, that is intended to be absorbed within the skin;
- b) applying a vibration to the skin of between 10 to 200 Hz, the vibration being provided by way of a vibrating plate that is placed on the skin, the vibrating plate being disposed on a hand-held probe;
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- c) applying a sequence of bursts of electrical pulses at a frequency between 50 to 15,000 Hz and peak voltage between 20 and 200 V to an array of electrodes that are placed on the skin, the array of electrodes being disposed on the vibrating plate;
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- d) applying a vacuum to the skin when performing steps b) and c), in order to provide a substantially uniform absorption of the substance within the skin,
- wherein the sequence of bursts of electrical pulses and the vibration are provided to the skin at a same time in order to enhance absorption of the substance applied to the skin.
A method for reducing cellulite on skin, comprising:
- a) applying mechanical vibrations to the skin by way of a probe;
- b) applying electrical pulses to the skin, by way of the probe, at a same time the mechanical pulses are applied to the skin in step a);
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- c) concurrently with steps a) and b), generating a suction at the probe to suck the skin towards the probe while the probe is being moved along the skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.