Applicator heads for handheld treatment apparatus for modifying keratinous surfaces
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsThomas Elliot Rabe, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Stephan Gary Bush, Stephan James Andreas Meschkat
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Abstract
An applicator head is releasably connectable to an outer housing of an apparatus for treating human skin includes a body having a housing connector end having a releasable connecting feature configured to connect to the outer housing and a skin engaging end having an opening therethrough for delivering a skin treatment composition through an opening in the applicator head onto human skin. A pair of skin engagement members is arranged and configured to flatten a surface of the skin.
Claims18
An apparatus for treating human skin, comprising:
- an outer housing including a graspable portion and an applicator portion comprising an applicator head and at least one nozzle in the applicator portion having a main axis for delivering a skin treatment composition through an opening in the applicator head onto human skin;
- an image capture device that captures images of the human skin through the opening;
- a processor that analyzes the images of the human skin to identify skin deviations;
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- a pair of skin engagement members arranged and configured to flatten a surface of the skin;
- wherein the applicator head is removeable from the outer housing to facilitate replacement of a cartridge containing the skin treatment composition;
- wherein an optical axis of the image capture device and the main axis of the at least one nozzle pass through the opening and between the pair of skin engagement members.
An apparatus for treating human skin, comprising:
- an outer housing including a graspable portion and an applicator portion comprising an applicator head and at least one nozzle in the applicator portion having a main axis for delivering a skin treatment composition through an opening in the applicator head onto human skin;
- an image capture device that captures images of the human skin through the opening;
- a processor that analyzes the images of the human skin to identify skin deviations;
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- a skin engagement member that is located at the opening for engaging skin, wherein the skin engagement member comprises a first roller at a first side of the opening and a second roller at a second, opposite side of the opening, and an optical axis of the image capture device passing between the first and second rollers;
- wherein the applicator head has a height that is selected to maintain a distance of the at least one nozzle from the human skin of between about 4 mm and about 12 mm.
A method of treating human skin using a handheld treatment apparatus, the method comprising:
- delivering a skin treatment composition through an opening in an applicator head releasably connected to an outer housing and onto human skin;
- capturing images of the human skin using an image capture device of the handheld treatment apparatus though the opening;
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- analyzing the images of the human skin to identify skin deviations using a processor;
- engaging the skin using a skin engagement member that is located at the opening thereby flattening the skin, wherein the skin engagement member comprises a first roller at a first side of the opening and a second roller at a second, opposite side of the opening, and an optical axis of the image capture device passing between the first and second rollers;
- wherein the applicator head has a height that is selected to maintain a distance of the at least one nozzle from the human skin of between about 4 mm and about 12 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.