Roller device

• US 9,616,211 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: New Permanent Makeup Ltd.
• Original Assignee: New Permanent Makeup Ltd.
• Inventors: Alul, Moshe
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US14/359,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20140343591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,602 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2037/0023 Drug applicators using microneedles
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/04 Skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/0015 by using microneedles
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/0076 Tattooing apparatus apparatus for marking animals A01K11/00; vaccine applicators having needles or other puncturing means A61B17/205
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/00 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests vaccination appliances for veterinary use A61D1/025 ; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00; combinations of vial and syringe for mixing or transferring their contents A61J1/20; holders for containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/178 Syringes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/46 having means for controlling depth of insertion

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for inserting pigment into the skin comprising a roller head unit comprising 2 or more distal arms; a rotatable structure comprising needles extending therefrom, attached to said roller head unit between said distal arms; a tubular member attached to the proximal end of said roller head unit; an elastic element placed within the distal portion of the inner lumen of said tubular member; a pin placed within said tubular member proximal to said elastic element.

Claims

1. A device for inserting pigment into the skin comprising:

a. a roller head unit comprising 2 or more distal arms;

b. a rotatable structure comprising needles extending therefrom, attached to said roller head unit between said distal arms;

c. a tubular member attached to the proximal end of said roller head unit;

d. an elastic element placed within the distal portion of the inner lumen of said tubular member; and

e. a pin placed within said tubular member proximal to said elastic element;

wherein said pin and said elastic element are vibratingly movable along said tubular member.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable structure comprises:

a. one or more needle discs, each needle disc comprising a plurality of needles radially projected from the outer circumference of said needle discs, wherein said needle discs are mounted on the shaft of a female element; and

b. a male element placed in said female element.

3. The roller device according to claim 2, further comprising one or more spacer roller discs mounted on the shaft of the female element.

4. The roller device according to claim 3, further comprising depressions on the base of the male and female elements, and wherein the roller head unit distal arms comprise pins placed in said depressions.

5. The roller device according to claim 3, wherein each needle disc comprises 12-16 needles, and wherein the distance between the roller head unit distal arms is 12-18 mm.

6. The roller device according to claim 5, wherein the female element comprises a straight elongated protruding portion along its shaft;

and the roller discs comprises an aperture portion extending out of the center aperture, each aperture portion is mounted on said straight elongated protruding portion.

7. The roller device according to claim 6, wherein each needle disc comprises two aperture portions positioned on one half of the needle disc thus defining a left and right aperture,

wherein each two adjacent needle discs are mounted on the female element in a manner such that one of said adjacent needle disc left aperture is mounted on the straight elongated protruding portion and the other adjacent needle disc right aperture is mounted on the straight elongated protruding portion.

8. The roller device according to claim 7, wherein the relation between the right and left apertures being mounted result in the needle discs being disposed relatively to one another such that needles which are radially projecting from each needle disc of a pair of non-adjacent needle discs could be connected by an imaginary line drawn parallel to the female element and needles which are radially projecting from each needle disc of a pair of adjacent needle discs could not be connected by an imaginary line drawn parallel to the female element;

wherein said pair of non-adjacent needle discs have a single needle disc placed therebetween.

9. The roller device according to claim 8, wherein

the rotatable structure comprises 4 needle discs and 4 roller discs wherein 3 of said roller discs are placed in between two adjacent needle discs.

10. The roller device according to claim 7, wherein the number of needle discs in the roller device is even such that the discs can be assigned with the numbers 1, 2, . . . 2n−

1, 2n,

wherein the needles radially projecting from the even needle discs could be connected by k imaginary lines drawn parallel to the female element 130, wherein k is the number of needles in each needle disc, and

wherein the needles radially projecting from the odd needle discs (1, . . ., 2n−

1) could be connected by k imaginary lines drawn parallel to the female element and

wherein each of said imaginary lines of the even discs does not coincide with any of the imaginary lines of the odd discs.

11. The roller device according to claim 7, wherein the number of needle discs in the roller device is odd such that the discs can be assigned with the numbers 1, 2, . . . 2n, 2n+1,

wherein the needles radially projecting from the even needle discs could be connected by k imaginary lines drawn parallel to the female element 130, wherein k is the number of needles in each needle disc, and

wherein the needles radially projecting from the odd needle discs (1, . . ., 2n+1) could be connected by k imaginary lines drawn parallel to the female element and

wherein each of said imaginary lines of the even discs does not coincide with any of the imaginary lines of the odd discs.

12. The roller device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element is a spring.

13. The roller device according to claim 1, wherein the pin extends out of the tubular member distally.

14. The roller device according to claim 1, wherein the pin is configured to be pushed distally, and wherein said pin is configured to be pushed back proximally by the elastic element.

15. The roller device according to claim 1, wherein the pin comprises a wide middle portion placed at the proximal end of the elastic element such that when said pin is pushed distally it causes the contraction of said elastic element.

16. The roller device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic element is a spring, wherein the length of said spring is between 8 and 15 mm and the length of the pin is between 22 and 30 mm.

17. A system comprising:

A first device according to claim 1;

and a vibrating micro pigmentation treatment device, comprising a base unit connected to an operation handle, said operating handle comprises a motor and an eccentric system unit fit on said motor adapted to convert the rotational movement of said motor to a distal linear movement of a push pin connected thereto, said push pin is located at the distal portion of said handle;

wherein said push pin is connected to the pin of said first device.

18. A system according to claim 17 wherein the first device pin comprises a dome shaped portion on its proximal end and the push pin comprises a fitting socket on its distal portion.

19. A method for providing pigment in the skin giving an appearance of hair follicles on the skin, providing a plurality of needles radially projected from the surface of a roller, the method comprises:

a. Dipping said roller needles in pigment;

b. vibrating said roller causing said needles to vibrate; and

c. rolling said vibrating roller on the skin.

20. A method according to claim 19, wherein the skin is the head scalp.