Method and system for delivering solution into the pores of recipient human skin

• US 10,149,970 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2014
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tavger, Michael
• Original Assignee: Tavger, Michael
• Inventors: Tavger, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehta, Bhisma
• Assistant Examiner(s): Engel, Matthew A
• Application Number:
  US14/479,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20140378889A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,556 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/04 Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/003 Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media hand-held massage devices with liquid delivery A61H7/003
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/0092 using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic vibrations, e.g. phonophoresis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/30 Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or carpules
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3007 with specially designed jet passages at the injector's distal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/425 Protruding skin to facilitate piercing, e.g. vacuum cylinders, vein immobilising means

Abstract

A method for delivering liquid into the pores of recipient human skin is provided. The method comprises delivering, via a nozzle, at least one stream of the liquid under pressure to the pores, the stream having a cross-section with a diameter no greater than about 50 μm, applying a negative pressure across an area of the skin being treated, rotating the nozzle relative to the area at a speed up to about 200 revolutions per minute, contacting an electrode connected to a first terminal of a power source, having a first electric charge, to the skin, and contacting a second terminal of the power source, having a second electric charge, opposite the first electric charge, to the liquid, thereby imparting an electrical current between about 0.2 mA and 0.3 mA to the skin in the vicinity of the pores. The delivering, applying, rotating, and contactings occur simultaneously.

Claims

1. A non-invasive system for delivering a liquid onto a depth of a dermis under a stratum corneum via pores of a human'"'"'s skin, the system comprising:

a storage container for containing said liquid;

a pumping unit coupled to the storage container for increasing a pressure of said liquid;

a suction mechanism configured to generate a negative pressure, said suction mechanism comprising;

a separation container for providing liquid separation of a liquid-gas mixture;

a compressor;

a gas ejector connected to said compressor;

a connecting tube between said separation container and said gas ejector;

an operating handpiece comprising;

a motor;

a rotary drive coupled said motor;

a tip rotatably coupled to said rotary drive, said tip comprising;

an open chamber, and

an external channel;

an outer casing accommodating said motor and said rotary drive, and further including;

at least one suction port for applying negative pressure inside said open chamber, and

at least one supply port for supplying said liquid into said external channel under pressure from said pumping unit;

a power source having a first terminal and a second terminal of opposite charges;

an electrode connected to the first terminal of said power source and being configured for being brought into contact with the human skin during a delivery; and

an electrical connection between said second terminal of said power source and the liquid within the external channel of the handpiece;

wherein the tip of said operating handpiece comprises at least one nozzle for delivery of the liquid from said external channel directly into a pore of the human skin drawn into the open chamber; and

wherein said nozzle comprises an outlet having a diameter smaller than an opening of said pore such that said nozzle delivers a stream having a cross-section smaller than an inlet of said pore, such that the liquid in electrical contact with the second terminal of the power source completes an electric circuit through the skin to the electrode connected to the first terminal of the power source.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of the cross-section of said stream is no greater than about 50 μ

m.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said tip is configured to rotate at a speed greater than about 160 revolutions per minute.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein said tip is configured to rotate at a speed no greater than about 200 revolutions per minute.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one suction port is connected to said suction mechanism via an open chamber of the tip configured for applying negative pressure via the tip of the handpiece across an area of skin being treated.