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US 9,801,691 B2Granted
Devices and methods for protecting the eye from adjacent skin treatments
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsJoseph W. Grez, Zane Bowman Allen Miller
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Abstract
A skin care apparatus suitable for use in proximity to a subject's eyes. The apparatus includes a treatment device and a stimulus device. Upon activation by a user, such as the subject or a technician, a stimulus delivered by the stimulus device causes the subject's eyelid to close prior to the administration of a skin care treatment by the treatment device.
Claims7
A method for treating an area adjacent a subject's eye with a skin care apparatus, the skin care apparatus having a treatment switch, a stimulator, and a treatment head, the method comprising:
- activating the treatment switch;
- administering a puff of air at the subject's eye based on activation of the treatment switch, wherein administering the puff of air includes:
- generating the puff of air with the stimulator, and
- delivering the puff of air through the treatment head at the subject's eye to close the subject's eye via reflex;
- and
- after said administering the puff of air at the subject's eye, administering a treatment with the treatment head to the area adjacent the subject's eye.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.