Devices and systems for treating the skin using vacuum
DCFirst Claim
1. A handheld device for treating a skin surface, comprising:
- a body comprising a housing;
a working end portion positioned along a first end of the body, the working end portion comprising a distal end configured to contact a skin surface, wherein the working end portion comprises a perimeter along the distal end configured to contact the skin surface, a skin interface positioned along the interior of the perimeter, wherein the skin interface is configured to contact the skin surface during use;
a first aperture arrangement comprising at least one first port located along or near the working end portion, the at least one first port being in fluid communication with a vacuum source via at least one waste passageway extending through the housing; and
a second aperture arrangement comprising at least one second port located along or near the working end portion, the at least one second port being in fluid communication with a hydration treatment media source;
wherein the vacuum source is configured to create a vacuum within the at least one waste passageway and the working end portion, and wherein the vacuum source is configured to simultaneously deliver a treatment media from the hydration treatment media source to the working end portion and remove spent treatment media away from the working end portion via the at least one waste passageway;
wherein, when the vacuum source is activated and the working end portion of the device is positioned along a skin surface, hydration treatment media is delivered to the skin surface through the at least one passageway and the at least one second port due to the vacuum generated along the working end portion by the vacuum source, and spent treatment media is, at least partially, simultaneously aspirated away from the working end portion through the at least one first port by the same suction force generated by the vacuum source.
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Abstract
An instrument and technique for the removal of epidermal layers in a controlled manner utilizing a hand-held instrument with a working end that (i) a vacuum aspiration system, (ii) a source for delivery of a sterile fluids or pharmacological agents to the skin; and (iii) a skin interface surface in the working end that has specially shape structure for abrading surface layers of the patient'"'"'s epidermis as the working end is moved over the patient'"'"'s skin while at the same time causing rapid penetration of the fluids into the skin for therapeutic purposes. Movement of the working end across the skin causes abrasion of the surface layers in a path over the patient'"'"'s skin.
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28 Claims
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1. A handheld device for treating a skin surface, comprising:
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a body comprising a housing; a working end portion positioned along a first end of the body, the working end portion comprising a distal end configured to contact a skin surface, wherein the working end portion comprises a perimeter along the distal end configured to contact the skin surface, a skin interface positioned along the interior of the perimeter, wherein the skin interface is configured to contact the skin surface during use; a first aperture arrangement comprising at least one first port located along or near the working end portion, the at least one first port being in fluid communication with a vacuum source via at least one waste passageway extending through the housing; and a second aperture arrangement comprising at least one second port located along or near the working end portion, the at least one second port being in fluid communication with a hydration treatment media source; wherein the vacuum source is configured to create a vacuum within the at least one waste passageway and the working end portion, and wherein the vacuum source is configured to simultaneously deliver a treatment media from the hydration treatment media source to the working end portion and remove spent treatment media away from the working end portion via the at least one waste passageway; wherein, when the vacuum source is activated and the working end portion of the device is positioned along a skin surface, hydration treatment media is delivered to the skin surface through the at least one passageway and the at least one second port due to the vacuum generated along the working end portion by the vacuum source, and spent treatment media is, at least partially, simultaneously aspirated away from the working end portion through the at least one first port by the same suction force generated by the vacuum source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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13. A system for treating a skin surface, comprising:
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a hydration treatment media source; a handheld device comprising; a body comprising a housing; a working end portion positioned along a first end of the body, the working end portion comprising a distal end configured to contact the skin surface, wherein the working end portion comprises a perimeter along the distal end configured to contact the skin surface, a skin interface positioned along the interior of the perimeter, wherein the skin interface is configured to contact the skin surface during use; a first aperture arrangement comprising at least one first port located along or near the working end portion; and a second aperture arrangement comprising at least one second port located along or near the working end portion, the at least one second port being in fluid communication with the treatment media source; and a single vacuum source in fluid communication with the at least one first port via at least one passageway; wherein, when the single vacuum source is activated and the working end portion of the device is positioned along a skin surface, a hydration treatment media is delivered to the skin surface through the at least one passageway and the at least one second port, and spent treatment media is simultaneously, at least partially, aspirated away from the working end portion through the at least one first port. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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