Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Infrared – visible light – ultraviolet – x-ray or electrical...
Reexamination Certificate
2001-08-30
2004-02-03
Bockelman, Mark (Department: 3762)
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray or electrical...
C604S500000, C604S022000, C601S015000, C601S021000, C601S046000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06687537
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to application of both electrical pulses and mechanical vibrations to the skin at the same time in a controlled manner, along with the application of a vacuum in order to achieve a suction affect to the skin, in order to increase the absorption of a substance applied previously on the skin as well as to provide for a substantially uniform absorption of the substance (such as collagen) previously applied to the skin.
B. Description of the Related Art
It is known that a mechanical vibration applied to the skin is useful in order to increase the absorption of a substance previously applied to the skin. Such a substance may be a liquid, a gel, a lotion, or a cream, for example.
It is desired to provide an apparatus and a method to increase the absorption of a substance previously applied to the skin, in order to obtain an increased (e.g., moisturizing) affect of the substance applied to the skin.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for enhancing the absorption of the skin of substances previously applied on the skin.
To accomplish this, the present invention uses a sequence of electrical pulses (between 20 and 200V peak to peak, preferably, and between 50 and 15,000 Hz preferably) provided to electrodes that are placed in contact with the skin (with the substance provided between the electrodes and the skin). There is also provided a corresponding surface vibration to the skin, by application of a mechanical vibration to the skin. The mechanical vibration is preferably of the same frequency and phase as the electrical pulses applied to the skin. The mechanical vibration is provided by way of a vibrating plate that also contains the electrodes (which provide the electrical stimulus to the skin at the same time the mechanical vibration is provided to the skin).
The substance to be absorbed by the skin is applied between the skin and the plate. Such a substance may be a cream, liquid or gel (for example, collagen, or cocoa butter, or suntan oil, or other types of skin enhancement lotions).
The method according to the invention includes:
1) The application of a liquid, a gel, a lotion, or a cream on the skin.
2) An apparatus which includes the following elements to perform the preceding treatment:
a) a vibrating plate.
b) an array of electrodes on the plate.
c) a pulse generator connected to the array of electrodes.
3) The application on the skin of the apparatus in order to enhance the natural absorption of the substance previously provided on the skin.
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Bockelman Mark
Foley & Lardner
Mattioli Engineering Ltd.
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