Method and apparatus for skin absorption enhancement and transdermal drug delivery
AssigneeMattioli Engineering Ltd.
InventorGian Franco Bernabei
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Abstract
A treatment method and apparatus for providing a substance to be absorbed onto a surface of a patient's skin, includes applying the substance onto the surface of the patient's skin by way of a probe head that provides, at the same time: i) bursts of electrical pulses to the skin surface, and ii) vibrations to the skin surface. The vibrations are applied to the skin surface at substantially a same frequency rate, a first harmonic of the same frequency rate, and/or a second harmonic of the same frequency rate, as a burst rate of electrical pulses being applied to the skin surface.
Claims10
A method for reducing cellulite on skin, comprising:
- a) applying a dermabrasion treatment to a region of the skin;
- b) heating the skin by way of a lamp or a radio frequency signal;
- c) applying mechanical vibrations to the region of the skin, by way of the probe;
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- d) applying electrical pulses to the region of the skin, by way of the probe, at a same time the mechanical pulses are applied to the region of the skin in step c).
A device for reducing cellulite of a patient, comprising:
- a dermabrasion unit configured to treat a portion of the patient's skin by removing a stratum corneum layer of the portion of the patient's skin;
- means for heating a region of the patient beneath the portion of the patient's skin by way of a lamp or a radio frequency signal;
- a probe configured to deliver a substance to the portion of the patient's skin to reduce the cellulite beneath the portion of the patient's skin;
- a vibration unit configured to apply mechanical vibrations to the portion of the patient's skin;
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- a electrical pulse burst applying unit configured to apply bursts of electrical pulses to the portion of the patient's skin,
- wherein the burst of electrical pulses are applied to the portion of the patient's skin at a same time the mechanical pulses are applied to the portion of the patient's skin and at a same time the portion of the patient's skin is being heated.
A method for reducing cellulite on skin, comprising:
- a) applying a treatment to a region of the skin in order to remove a stratum corneum layer of the skin;
- b) heating the skin by way of a lamp or a radio frequency signal;
- c) applying mechanical vibrations to the region of the skin by way of a probe;
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- d) applying electrical pulses to the region of the skin, by way of the probe, at a same time the mechanical pulses are applied to the region of the skin in step c).
An apparatus for reducing cellulite on skin, comprising:
- a hand-held probe, the hand-held probe including:
- a heating unit configured to heat the skin by way of a lamp or a radio frequency signal;
- a mechanical vibration unit configured to apply mechanical vibrations to the region of the skin;
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- an electrical pulse application unit configured to apply electrical pulses to the region of the skin, at a same time the mechanical are applied to the region of the skin;
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- a suction unit configured to apply a sucking force to the skin in order to suck the skin against the probe.
An apparatus for reducing cellulite on skin, comprising:
- a hand-held probe, the hand-held probe including:
- a heating unit configured to heat the skin by way of a lamp or a radio frequency signal;
- a mechanical vibration unit configured to apply mechanical vibrations to the region of skin;
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- an electrical pulse application unit configured to apply electrical pulses to the region of the skin, at a same time the mechanical pulses are applied to the region of the skin,
- a dermabrasion unit configured to provide a dermabrasion treatment the skin, in order to remove a stratum corneum layer of the skin prior to heating of the skin by the heating unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.