Process for formulating a customized skin care product

• US 7,349,857 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2003
• Issued: 03/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert P. Manzo
• Original Assignee: Robert P. Manzo
• Inventors: Manzo, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Borissov; Igor N.
• Application Number:
  US10/409,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20040202685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,812 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/2, 705/3, 705/7, 705/26, 705/27, 705/400, 705/500, 435/4, 600/300, 702/19, 424/401
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2044/007 Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/00 Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks features common to containers for handling powdery or liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances A45D33/00-A45D37/00; cosmetic or like preparations A61K8/00, A61Q; sample tables or the like G09F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/00 Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/442 Evaluating skin mechanical properties, e.g. elasticity, hardness, texture, wrinkle assessment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/444 Evaluating skin marks, e.g. mole, nevi, tumour, scar
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 9/04 starting from solid material, e.g. by crushing, grinding or milling C22C1/1084 takes precedence; crushing, grinding or milling, in general, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B02C
• CPC Class Codes: B22F 9/12 starting from gaseous material
• CPC Class Codes: C01P 2004/61 Micrometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 micrometer
• CPC Class Codes: C01P 2004/84 one phase coated with the other
• CPC Class Codes: C01P 2006/60 Optical properties, e.g. expressed in CIELAB-values
• CPC Class Codes: C09C 1/62 Metallic pigments or fillers C09C1/0015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 14/0005 Separation of the coating from the substrate
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a process of determining individual skin structure and function at a point in time for the purpose of determining and formulating skin care products that remedy the deficiencies observed in the skin. Objective and repeatable dermal biometric instrumentation techniques can be used to measure skin moisture content, sebum content, firmness and elasticity properties, skin thickness, transepidermal water loss, skin pH and to perform a photo analysis of the face with UV and visible light. By customizing the skin care products, the individually added active ingredients can be controlled, the diluents can be modified, dermal penetration rates can be controlled, the surfactant systems can be adjusted, and the stability of the product can be controlled. To prevent the loss of active materials in the product, the skin care product is manufactured for an individual consumer and is only sold in a quantity of a three months supply. Additionally, a variety of ingredients can be combined that a mass produced product cannot contain due to stability/compatibility issues. This invention overcomes the limitations in formulating skin products for the mass market by providing a product designed with objective biometric data and created for the specific clinical condition of an individual'"'"'s skin.

Claims

1. A process for determining a specific individual skin structure and formulating a skin care product based only on the specific individual skin structure, the process consisting of:

a) placing the specific individual into a room having a known temperature and humidity, wherein the temperature and humidity are recorded at the time the individual is placed into the room;

b) measuring at least one biometric skin parameter on the skin of the specific individual by instrumental and imaging techniques;

c) generating a data set based only on the specific individual skin structure measurement;

d) selecting ingredients for the specific individual skin structure based only on the data set interpretation of the results of step c); and

e) formulating the skin care product with the selected ingredients of step d), wherein the skin care product is custom made only for the specific individual based on the specific individual skin structure at the time of the measurement.