Console system for the treatment of skin

• US 9,550,052 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2015
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hydrafacial LLC
• Original Assignee: Edge Systems LLC
• Inventors: Ignon, Roger, Mallett, Scott, Solano, Abraham, Cohen, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Severson, Ryan J
• Assistant Examiner(s): KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D
• Application Number:
  US14/698,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20150272623A1
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3205 Excision instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/50 Instruments, other than pincettes or toothpicks, for removing foreign bodies from the human body locating otherwise A61B5/06; locating by radiation A61B6/00; removing calculi A61B17/22; from the eyes A61F9/00709
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/54 Chiropodists' instruments , e.g. pedicure chiropractic devices A61H1/008
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/545 using a stream or spray of abrasive particles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00199 with a console, e.g. a control panel with a display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00761 Removing layer of skin tissue, e.g. wrinkles, scars or cancerous tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320004 abrasive
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2217/005 with suction drainage system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/10 Furniture specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/13 Trolleys, e.g. carts
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/962 having pumping means on the suction site, e.g. miniature pump on dressing or dressing capable of exerting suction
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2037/0007 having means for enhancing the permeation of substances through the epidermis, e.g. using suction or depression, electric or magnetic fields, sound waves or chemical agents
• 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 37/00 Other apparatus for introducing media into the body for reproduction or fertilisation A61B17/425; apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N1/30; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin salt baths A61H33/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0616 Skin treatment other than tanning

Abstract

An apparatus for treating skin has a console with a user input device and a handpiece assembly. The handpiece assembly is configured to treat skin. A fluid line provides fluid communication between the console and the handpiece assembly. A manifold system is coupled to the console and controlled by the user input device. The manifold system is configured to hold releasably a plurality of fluid sources and deliver fluid from at least one of the plurality of fluid sources to the handpiece assembly.

Claims

1. A system for performing a skin treatment procedure, the system comprising:

a console including a manifold, the manifold being in fluid communication with a first fluid container and at least a second fluid container, the first fluid container and the at least the second fluid container being configured to contain a treatment material for a skin treatment procedure, wherein the treatment material comprises a liquid;

a handpiece assembly comprising a tip, the tip being configured to contact a skin surface of a subject;

a supply conduit placing the manifold of the console in fluid communication with the handpiece assembly, wherein a distal end of the supply conduit is configured to couple to the handpiece assembly;

wherein the manifold is configured to control a flow of treatment material from the first fluid container and at least the second fluid container through the supply conduit; and

a vacuum source;

a waste conduit in fluid communication with the tip of the handpiece assembly to remove waste away from a skin surface of a subject during a skin treatment procedure, wherein the waste conduit is operatively coupled to the vacuum source; and

wherein the system is configured to permit a user to select the treatment material from the first fluid container or the at least second fluid container to be delivered through the supply conduit to the handpiece assembly; and

wherein, when the vacuum source is activated and the tip contacts the skin surface, a suction force is created within the waste conduit and along the tip, thereby removing waste from the skin surface via the waste conduit while drawing treatment material from the first fluid container or the second fluid container to the tip via the supply conduit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the console comprises a display, wherein the display comprises a user input device to facilitate controlling a flow of treatment materials from the first fluid container or the at least a second fluid container to the handpiece assembly.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the user input device comprises a touch screen.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first fluid container or the at least a second fluid container is releasably coupled to the manifold.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the manifold is configured to be placed in fluid communication with at least four fluid containers.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein treatment materials from the first fluid container and at least the second fluid container are delivered to the supply conduit sequentially or simultaneously.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the console is movable.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the tip of the handpiece assembly is configured to exfoliate skin tissue as the handpiece assembly is moved relative to a skin surface of a subject.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the supply conduit and the waste conduit connects to a corresponding connector along a proximal end of the handpiece assembly.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the manifold of the console is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a container comprising an antimicrobial fluid or other disinfecting agent for periodic flushing of the manifold.

11. A system for performing a skin treatment procedure, the system comprising:

a manifold in fluid communication with at least two fluid containers, each of the at least two fluid containers being configured to contain a treatment material, wherein the treatment material comprises a liquid;

a handpiece assembly comprising a tip, the tip being configured to contact a skin surface of a subject;

a supply conduit placing the manifold in fluid communication with the handpiece assembly, wherein a distal end of the supply conduit is configured to secure to the handpiece assembly;

a vacuum source; and

a waste conduit in fluid communication with the handpiece assembly to remove waste from a skin surface of a subject during a procedure, wherein the waste conduit is operatively coupled to the vacuum source;

wherein the manifold is configured to control a flow of treatment material from each of the at least two fluid containers through the supply conduit;

wherein the system is configured to permit a user to select the fluid container from which treatment material is delivered to the supply conduit.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a user input device for selecting a treatment material to be passed through the supply conduit to the handpiece assembly.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the system comprises a display, wherein the display comprises a user input device to facilitate controlling a flow of treatment materials from the at least two fluid containers.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the user input device comprises a touch screen.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least two fluid containers is releasably coupled to the manifold.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the tip of the handpiece assembly is configured to exfoliate skin tissue as the handpiece assembly is moved relative to a skin surface of a subject.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the manifold is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a container comprising an antimicrobial fluid or other disinfecting agent for periodic flushing of the manifold.