Disposable electromagnetic energy applicator

• US 9,011,419 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2014
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Primaeva Medical, Inc. (Syneron Incorporated), Syneron Medical Limited (Syneron Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Syneron Medical Limited (Syneron Incorporated)
• Inventors: Flyash, Lion, Vaynberg, Boris
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHANDER, DIVA KAKAR
• Application Number:
  US14/146,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20140171934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• Field of Search: 606/9, 606/24, 606/33, 606/36, 606/37, 606/41
• US Class Current: 606/9
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/14 Probes or electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/18 by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves radiation therapy A61N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/203 applying laser energy to the outside of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00011 with fluids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00023 closed, i.e. without wound contact by the fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/0016 Energy applicators arranged in a two- or three dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00452 Skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/0047 Upper parts of the skin, e.g. skin peeling or treatment of wrinkles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00476 Hair follicles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/1467 using more than two electrodes on a single probe
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/00 Radiation therapy ultrasound therapy A61N7/00; devices or apparatus applicable to both therapy and diagnosis A61B6/00

Abstract

A skin treatment apparatus that includes, a disposable electrode carrier with a plurality of voltage-applying dome-shaped elements protruding from the surface of the electrode carrier. Further, the protruding elements are spaced apart in a pattern. The apparatus operates to apply a voltage to at least some of the protruding elements. The apparatus applies a voltage to the protruding elements with a magnitude that is sufficient to result in an electrical break down of the skin and thereby cause electric current enabling the desired treatment.

Claims

1. A three-dimensional carrier for use in conjunction with a skin treatment apparatus, said carrier comprising:

a rotational symmetry body formed by tensioning a flexible substrate over a squirrel cage type carcass rotating on a hollow axis;

an array of miniature, discrete conductive elements located on an external surface of the flexible substrate tensioned over a squirrel type carcass said miniature conductive elements configured to provide a conductive path to skin surface contacting at a least a portion of said array; and

an inner section of the three dimensional carrier configured to contain a cooling fluid supplied through the hollow axis of the three dimensional carrier; and

wherein the cooling fluid is supplied to cool the skin surface contacting at least a portion of the array of discrete conductive elements.

2. The three-dimensional carrier according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of insulating material and wherein the insulating material is a polyimide film having a thickness ranging from about 12.5 micron to about 150 micron.

3. The three-dimensional carrier according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of electric conductors deposited on the inner side of the substrate and configured to provide RF energy to each individual conductive element.

4. The three-dimensional carrier according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of electric conductors located on the inner side of the substrate interfaces the plurality of the electric conductors with a source of RF voltage.

5. The three-dimensional carrier according to claim 1, wherein the array of miniature, discrete conductive elements located on the external surface of the flexible substrate is one of a group consisting of evenly or randomly spaced matrix discrete conductive elements.

6. The three-dimensional carrier according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional carrier is one of a group of carriers consisting of a cylindrically shaped carrier and a polygonal shaped carrier.

7. The three-dimensional carrier according to claim 1, wherein RF energy provided to the array of miniature discrete conductive elements is sufficient to cause an electrical discharge and break down stratum corneum.

8. The three-dimensional carrier according to claim 1, wherein RF energy provided to each element of the array of miniature discrete conductive elements is applied to a selected groups of elements, to all elements, or to each individual element.