Surgery – Instruments – External pressure applicator
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-18
2001-12-11
Lewis, Kim M. (Department: 3761)
Surgery
Instruments
External pressure applicator
C604S304000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06328756
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to devices for treating and/or preventing and/or retarding process of the wrinkling of a person's skin. In particular, the invention relates to a pad for placing inside a person's mouth, between the lips and/or cheeks and the gums to help treat and/or prevent and/or retard the process of wrinkling, especially around the person's mouth, and particularly the upper lip.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In our appearance conscious society, people often judge others based upon physical appearance, including weight, hair style or existence, and skin appearance, among other things. This is especially true of women. To address concerns that they may be discriminated against based upon their appearance, people increasingly concentrate on improving or treating their outward appearance, particularly to conform to popular ideals of beauty. People make efforts an a variety of fronts to maintain a youthful appearance. For example, people diet, exercise, and take vitamins, among other things.
One of the most visible parts of a person's appearance is his or her face. Accordingly, people increasingly address perceived imperfections on the face. For instance, people have face lifts, or nose jobs or treat imperfections in the skin as a consequence of the appearance consciousness of our society.
As we age, wrinkles often appear in our skin. Wrinkles affect people most significantly when the wrinkles appear on the face since the face is often the part of the body that is usually exposed. Although this problem affects all people, wrinkles are especially worrisome for women, particularly as they approach and are in middle and/or old age, given the much greater emphasis on the maintenance of a youthful appearance of women in our society. Often, people treat wrinkles with lotions, creams, facial wraps, facial scrubs, facial massages, and other treatments, including prescription pharmaceuticals. Frequently, people turn to more drastic treatments that require administration by a physician. More drastic treatments include having materials, such as collagen, injected under the skin of the face or having plastic surgery performed.
Downsides of existing treatments for facial skin wrinkles, particularly the more drastic and risky procedures described above, include excessive time and cost and possible unknown and negative side effects. For instance, plastic surgery is quite costly and surgery always has associated risks. Also, it is known that the effects of collagen injected into, a person's lips, is temporary and, therefore, requires repetitive trips to a physician for retreatment. Also, compounds, such as RETIN-A have some harmful side effects.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The inventor of the present invention recognized the problems associated with existing treatments for facial wrinkles and developed the present invention to provide solutions to these problems.
Accordingly, one object as well as advantage of the present invention is to reduce the cost of treating facial wrinkles as compared to known treatments.
Another object and advantage of the present invention is to reduce or eliminate side effects associated with known treatments for facial wrinkles.
A further object and advantage of the present invention is to prevent and/or retard the appearance of and/or to provide a simple treatment for facial wrinkles.
In accordance with these and other objects, the present invention provides a pad for preventing and/or retarding the appearance of and/or for treating facial wrinkles. The pad includes a plurality of segments of tissue stacked on top of each other. The segments typically have a longer dimension of from about one to about six inches and a shorter dimension of from about one-quarter to about three-quarters of an inch.
According to other aspects, the present invention provides a method of making a pad for preventing and/or retarding the appearance of and/or for treating facial wrinkles. The method includes the steps of forming a pad from a plurality of layers of an absorbent material, and placing the pad in a mouth of a person between a gum and/or tooth or teeth and an inner surface of a cheek or lip of the person.
According to further additional preferred aspects, the present invention provides a method of preventing and/or retarding the appearance of and/or for treating facial wrinkles. The method includes the step of forming a pad from a plurality of layers of an absorbent material. The pad is placed into a mouth of a person between a gum and/or tooth or teeth and an inner surface of a cheek or lip of the person.
Still other objects and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent those skilled in this art from the following detailed description. The detailed description shows and describes only the preferred embodiments of the invention, simply by way of illustration of the best mode contemplated of carrying out the invention. As will be realized, the invention is capable of other and different embodiments. The details of the present invention may be modified in various obvious respects, without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2256197 (1941-06-01), Laffin
patent: 4158594 (1979-06-01), Becker et al.
Connelly Bove Lodge & Hutz
Lewis Kim M.
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