LARGE AREA BODY SHAPING APPLICATOR
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Abstract
A method and apparatus that affect vacuum to massage a volume of the skin and one or more types of skin treatment energies coupled to the massaged volume to treat the skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue and produce a desired treatment effect. The method and apparatus are based on coupling an array or a number of arrays being an assembly of skin treatment units with each skin treatment unit including a hollow cavity and a number of different energy to skin applying elements operative to receive skin treatment energy from a source of such energy and couple or apply the received energy to a treated segment of skin.
44 Citations
69 Claims
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40. A system for treating skin of a subject, the system comprising:
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a first energy delivery element configured to deliver laser energy to the subject'"'"'s skin; a second energy delivery element configured to deliver laser energy to the subject'"'"'s skin; a third energy delivery element configured to deliver laser energy to the subject'"'"'s skin, wherein the first energy delivery element, the second energy delivery element, and the third energy delivery element are separable from each other and are selectively connectable in at least one array; at least one connecting element for joining a plurality of the first energy delivery element, the second energy delivery element and the third energy delivery element in the at least one array, wherein the at least one connecting element is configured to permit the at least one array to adapt to a skin contour; at least one skin treatment energy source, separate from the at least one array, for supplying energy to the first energy delivery element, the second energy delivery element, and the third energy delivery element; at least one cable for interconnecting the at least one skin treatment energy source to at least one of the plurality of the first energy delivery element, the second energy delivery element and the third energy delivery element in the at least one array; and a belt configured to fix the at least one array to the subject'"'"'s skin. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A system for treating skin of a subject, the system comprising:
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a first energy delivery element configured to deliver laser energy to the subject'"'"'s skin; a second energy delivery element configured to deliver laser energy to the subject'"'"'s skin; a third energy delivery element configured to deliver laser energy to the subject'"'"'s skin; a fourth energy delivery element configured to deliver laser energy to the subject'"'"'s skin, wherein the first energy delivery element, the second energy delivery element, the third energy delivery element and the fourth energy delivery element are separable from each other and are selectively connectible in at least a first array and a second array; at least one connecting element for flexibly joining the first energy delivery element and the second energy delivery element in the first array; at least one connecting element for flexibly joining the third energy delivery element and the fourth energy delivery element in the second array; a first belt portion for interconnecting a first end of the first array to a first end of the second array; and a second belt portion for interconnecting a second end of the first array to a second end of the second array, and for maintaining the first array and the second array in spaced apart relation to each other when the first array, the second array, the first belt portion and the second belt portion are fixed to the subject. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A method of treating skin, comprising:
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flexibly interconnecting a first laser energy delivery element and a second laser energy delivery element to establish a flexible array; arranging the flexible array on a skin area of a subject such that the array flexes to conform to a contour of the skin area; affixing the array to the skin area using a belt; delivering energy to the first laser energy delivery element and the second laser energy delivery element via at least one cable energetically connecting the first laser energy delivery element and the second laser energy delivery element to at least one skin treatment energy source; supplying laser energy to the skin area via the first laser energy delivery element while the first laser energy delivery element is maintained in the array with the second laser energy delivery element; and supplying laser energy to the skin area via the second laser energy delivery element while the second laser energy delivery element is maintained in the array with the first laser energy delivery element. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69)
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Specification