US 2013/0144280 · Filed 2012-06-04

Method and apparatus for personal skin treatment

An apparatus enabling a casual user in a residential set-up to perform himself almost every skin treatment procedure by using a variety of modules that may be inserted into an infrastructure frame. The apparatus presents a docking station and an applicator. The applicator simultaneously receives only two types of skin treatment modules, these may be replaced after use for modules providing a different type of skin treatment. Such skin treatment modules like epilator, shaver, exfoliation or abrasive module, suction head, and massage head apply a mechanical action to the skin. Ultrasound module applies ultrasound waves to the skin. Intense pulsed light and RF apply electromagnetic radiation to the skin. A combination of these modules may be used to provide a variety of skin treatments such as hair removal, skin rejuvenation, skin exfoliation, acne treatment, circumference reduction, and other skin treatments.

Fig. 1. Illustration of a handheld light-treatment device. Not this patent’s official drawing.

Patent details

Publication number
US 2013/0144280
Filing date
2012-06-04
Grant date
Application — not yet granted
Assignee
Shimon Eckhouse / Tuvia Dror Kutscher / Gilead Bar-Ilan
Inventor(s)
ECKHOUSE SHIMON, KUTSCHER TUVIA DROR, BAR-ILAN GILEAD
CPC class
A61B18/14

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