Apparatus for electro-inhibition of facial muscles
AssigneeCefaly Technology SPRL
InventorPierre Rigaux
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for performing an electric inhibition of the facial muscles for purely aesthetic purposes, using a device comprising a support at the head of a user (1), two contact electrodes (2), an electronic circuit (3) for generating low-voltage electric pulses at said electrodes (2), a direct current electric power supply (4) and means for fixing and locking (7) said components on the head. The invention is characterized in that it includes the following steps: placing the electrodes (2) on either side of the upper part of the nose, at the glabella; passing the electric pulses via the electrodes (2) through the pyramidal muscle of the nose so as to cause said pyramidal muscle of the nose to relax and hence its antagonist muscle, the forehead muscle and the double eyebrow muscle.
Claims16
A Stand-Alone Device for the electro-inhibition of facial muscles comprising:
- a user's head support is configured to be at the level of a user's head similar to a spectacle frame with two arms configured to rest on the ears of a user,
- a removable single electrode structure comprising two contact electrodes configured to be positioned on either sides of the upper part of the nose of the user at the level of the glabella, said single electrode structure also comprising a piece of cloth acting as a support for said contact electrodes, the contact electrodes being covered on their inner face by a self-adhesive conductive gel, the inner face being a face that is in contact with the user's skin, said single electrode structure being removable from the user's head support,
- an electronic circuit having pads, the electronic circuit being integrated in the user's head support for generating low-voltage electric impulses in said contact electrodes when brought into contact with said pads of the electronic circuit and a direct-current electricity supply integrated in the user's head support,
- wherein both contact electrodes are in the shape of two conductive silvered areas that impregnate said cloth, the cloth being conductive on both its inner and outer faces, wherein the faces are in contact with said pads of the electronic circuit;
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- wherein the single electrode structure is provided with a non-conductive part in the shape of a pin to ensure the mechanical attachment of said single electrodes structure into a recess of the user's head support with said pads of the electronic circuit being brought into contact with the respective contact electrodes.
A Device for the electro-inhibition of facial muscles comprising:
- a user's head support device configured to be at the level of a user's head having a frame with two arms configured for resting on the ears of the user,
- a single electrode structure including:
- two contact electrodes configured to be positioned on either side of the upper part of the nose at the level of the glabella,
- a piece of cloth acting as a support for said contact electrodes, the contact electrodes being covered on their inner face by a self-adhesive conductive gel, the inner face being a face that is in contact with the user's skin, said single electrode structure being removable from the user's head support device;
- both contact electrodes are in the shape of two conductive silvered areas that impregnate said cloth, the cloth being conductive on both its inner and outer faces, wherein the faces are in contact with pads of the electronic circuit;
- an electronic circuit having pads in contact with the faces of the contact electrodes, the electronic circuit integrated in the user's head support device for generating low-voltage electric impulses in said contact electrodes when brought into contact with said pads of the electronic circuit and a direct-current electricity supply integrated in the user's head support device;
- the single electrode structure having a non-conductive part in the shape of a pin to ensure the mechanical attachment of said single electrodes structure into a recess of the user's head support device with said pads of the electronic circuit being brought into contact with the respective contact electrodes;
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- wherein the device has only three points of stability configured for contacting the user, the two arms of the frame provide a first and a second point of stability configured for contacting the user and the single electrode structure configured for being attached to the user's skin at the glabella provides a third point of stability contacting the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.