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US 8,435,194 B2Granted
Device for RF heating and mechanical massage of biological tissue
AssigneeAlma Lasers Ltd.
InventorsAlexander Dverin, Yevgeny Pens, Ziv Karni, Ziv Shabat, Alexander Britva
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Abstract
A skin treatment device combines an RF treatment arrangement with a mechanical massage arrangement, preferably with the massage device in the form of an annular massage head encircling and rotating around the RF applicator. Also disclosed are configurations with a liquid dispenser for delivering a liquid to the skin under the device. According to one option, the skin contact surface of the RF applicator itself is provided in part by a rolling ball liquid applicator.
Claims23
A skin treatment device comprising:
- (a) an RF treatment arrangement comprising:
- (i) an RF applicator terminating in a skin contact surface through which RF energy is delivered into the skin, and
- (ii) an RF energy source capable of directing an RF power signal to said applicator;
- and
- (b) a mechanical massage arrangement comprising:
- (i) a massage manipulator comprising at least one annular massage head deployed so as to encircle said RF applicator, said massage manipulator defining a skin contact region, and
- (ii) a motor, mechanically linked in driving relation to said at least one massage head so as to displace said at least one massage head relative to a skin surface,
- wherein said skin contact region substantially encircles said RF applicator such that, when the device is brought in contact with the skin and said RF treatment arrangement and said mechanical massage arrangement are actuated, mechanical massage is performed on a region of skin adjacent to, or overlapping with, a region treated by the RF energy,
- and wherein said annular massage head is rotatably mounted so as to rotate about an axis, and wherein said axis substantially coincides with a central axis of said RF applicator.
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A skin treatment device comprising:
- (a) an RF treatment arrangement comprising:
- (i) an RF applicator terminating in a skin contact surface through which RF energy is delivered into the skin, and
- (ii) an RF energy source capable of directing an RF power signal to said applicator;
- and
- (b) a mechanical massage arrangement comprising:
- (i) a massage manipulator comprising at least one annular massage head deployed so as to encircle said RF applicator, said annular massage head including a plurality of rolling elements deployed to provide rolling engagement with the skin surface, said massage manipulator defining a skin contact region, and
- (ii) a motor, mechanically linked in driving relation to said at least one massage head so as to displace said at least one massage head relative to a skin surface,
- wherein said skin contact region substantially encircles said RF applicator such that, when the device is brought in contact with the skin and said RF treatment arrangement and said mechanical massage arrangement are actuated, mechanical massage is performed on a region of skin adjacent to, or overlapping with, a region treated by the RF energy.
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A skin treatment device comprising:
- (a) an RF treatment arrangement comprising:
- (i) an RF applicator terminating in a skin contact surface through which RF energy is delivered into the skin, and
- (ii) an RF energy source capable of directing an RF power signal to said applicator;
- and
- (b) a mechanical massage arrangement comprising:
- (i) a massage manipulator comprising at least one annular massage head deployed so as to encircle said RF applicator, said massage manipulator defining a skin contact region, and
- (ii) a motor, mechanically linked in driving relation to said at least one massage head so as to displace said at least one massage head relative to a skin surface,
- wherein said skin contact region substantially encircles said RF applicator such that, when the device is brought in contact with the skin and said RF treatment arrangement and said mechanical massage arrangement are actuated, mechanical massage is performed on a region of skin adjacent to, or overlapping with, a region treated by the RF energy,
- and wherein said motor and said RF energy source are deployed within a common housing, the device further comprising a liquid dispenser deployed at least partially within said housing and configured to deliver a liquid to a region of skin underlying the device.
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A skin treatment device comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) an RF treatment arrangement deployed at least partially within said housing, the RF treatment arrangement comprising:
- (i) an RF applicator terminating in a skin contact surface through which RF energy is delivered into the skin, and
- (ii) an RF energy source capable of directing an RF power signal to said applicator;
- and
- (c) a liquid dispenser deployed at least partially within said housing and configured to deliver a liquid to a region of skin underlying said RF applicator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.