MECHANICAL SKIN RESURFACING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE

• US 20100198119A1
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Hull, Raymond J. JR., Gubernick, David, Menke, James, Rytel, John F.
• Application Number:
  US12/178,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20100198119A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/69
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1018 comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1054 Abrasive cosmetic skin peeling or scrubbing
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/207 Vibration, e.g. ultrasound
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/04 Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/54 Chiropodists' instruments , e.g. pedicure chiropractic devices A61H1/008
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00398 using powered actuators, e.g. stepper motors, solenoids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00734 battery operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320004 abrasive

Abstract

A method for resurfacing the skin includes imparting sufficient energy to a motorized device to cause a mass of less than 4 grams to move in an eccentric orbit, thereby urging an abrasive coupled to said device to vibrate; and contacting said skin with said vibrating abrasive.

Claims

1. A method for resurfacing the skin, comprising:

a) imparting sufficient energy to a motorized device to cause a mass of less than 4 grams to move in an eccentric orbit, thereby urging an abrasive coupled to said device to vibrate; and

b) contacting said skin with said vibrating abrasive.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said mass is less than about 3 grams.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said mass is less than about 2 grams.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said sufficient energy urges a shaft of the motor of the apparatus to rotate, thereby urging said mass to move in said eccentric orbit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the vibrating abrasive is a vibrating skin-contactable element.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element has a Displacement from about 0.2 mm to about 2.0 mm.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element has a Displacement from about 0.25 mm to about 1.0 mm.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element has a Compressiblity of less than about 20%.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element has a Durable Abrasiveness from about 1 to about 14 and a Compressiblity of from about 7% to about 18%.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element comprises a porous mass.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element comprises a fibrous mass.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the fibrous mass comprises a needlepunched web.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the fibrous mass includes a bound abrasive.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

c) moving the apparatus such that the abrasive contacts a plurality of discrete areas on the skin.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element has a Durable Abrasiveness from 2 to 14.

16. The method of claim 6, wherein the abrasive skin-contactable element has a Durable Abrasivness from 3 to 10.

6-1. (canceled)