Abstract:
The invention relates to a lower eyelid treatment device (1), which comprises a skin treatment structure (3) having a protruding shape which is able to perform a periodical first movement through a stationary reference point (P) in a skin treatment zone (8) of the device. Said periodical first movement occurs in the reference point (P) at a frequency within a frequency range between 0.5 Hz and 3.0 Hz. Said periodical first movement is a local movement of the protruding shape through the reference point (P), at a velocity in the reference point (P) within a velocity range between 0.005 m/sec and 0.05 m/sec, in a single local movement direction (12) in the reference point (P) being transverse to a local protrusion direction of the protruding shape. In this manner, the device provides a specific massage of eye bags of a treated person. The massage results in lymphatic drainage of fluid, which undesirably has built up in the skin of the lower eyelid area (52), towards (14) lymph nodes near the ear. Thus, the device provides a quickly and easily usable solution for reliably and effectively stimulating the reduction of eye bags.
Abstract:
The invention relates generally to the treatment of skin using laser light, and more particularly to a non-invasive device and method for such treatment. During skin treatments, heating of the epidermis is undesired because it may cause discomfort for the person being treated, adverse skin reactions and unwanted changes in skin pigment. The invention provides a laser treatment beam having a first 22a and a second 22b beam region of non-zero light intensity disposed at a periphery of a transverse cross-section of the beam, and a third beam region 22c, arranged between the first 22a and the second 22b beam region, of lower light intensity than said non-zero light intensity. The treatment beam 22 exits the device 10 along its optical treatment axis 13. As the treatment beam 22 passes through an outer layer of the skin to the focal spot 25 along the optical treatment axis (13), the extent of the third beam region 22c is predetermined and/or controlled so as to provide a corresponding third skin region 23c in the outer skin layer 16, arranged between the first 23a and the second skin region 23b, and the lower light intensity of the third beam region is predetermined and/or controlled to provide a maximum temperature during a pulse of the laser treatment beam with in the third skin region 23c which is lower than the maximum temperatures during said pulse of the laser treatment beam within the first 23a and the second 23b skin region. The light source 20 is configured and arranged to provide, in use, a pulse duration of the pulse of the laser treatment beam which is longer than the thermal relaxation time of the first 23a and the second 23b skin region. By predetermining and/or controlling the dimensions of the third skin region 23c, a suitably dimensioned heat sink is created, centrally located within the region being heated by the laser treatment beam, and used to avoid temperature hot spots in the outer layers of the skin.
Abstract:
The invention provides a non-invasive skin treatment device (200) comprising: a light source (10) constructed for emitting treatment light, an optical system (20) constructed for focusing the treatment light to a focus position (340) inside the skin tissue, and a positioning member (50) having a skin contact surface (52), the positioning member (50) and the optical system (20) being displaceable relative to each other for adapting a distance between the skin contact surface (52) and a final lens element (30) of the optical system. The final lens element, in use, faces a skin surface (300), and the positioning member (50) and the optical system are displaceable relative to each other into a treatment position (Pt) of the optical system (20) and into a further position (Pf1) of the optical system (20) different from the treatment position. In use and in the treatment position, the final lens element of the optical system is in contact with the skin surface without an air gap being present between the final lens element and the skin surface.
Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided an acne-treatment system comprising a processing unit (40) and an acne-treatment apparatus (46; 52) configured to treat an acne lesion on skin of a subject by means of first treatment light having wavelengths predominantly in a range from 600 to 700 nm and second treatment light having wavelengths predominantly in a range from 400 to 480 nm, the processing unit (40) being configured to: receive one or more measurement signals provided by one or more sensors (42) that are configured and arranged to measure one or more parameters indicative of a degree of inflammation and/or a severity phase of the acne lesion, said one or more measurement signals representing an indicated degree of inflammation and/or an indicated severity phase of the acne lesion; determine a light-intensity ratio of intensity of the first treatment light to intensity of the second treatment light to be applied to the acne lesion based on the indicated degree of inflammation and/or the indicated severity phase of the acne lesion represented by the one or more measurement signals; and control one or more light sources (44) of the acne-treatment apparatus (46; 52) to generate the first treatment light and the second treatment light according to the determined light-intensity ratio for application to the acne lesion.
Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided a method for minimising error in ambient light corrected (ALC) images due to motion. The method comprises capturing a plurality of primary images of an object over a time window, with controlled illumination of the object varying over time, performing ambient light correction on at least a portion of the plurality of primary images to generate a plurality of ambient light corrected images, each ALC image being generated based on demodulating a sub-set of the plurality of primary images with differing controlled illumination, calculating an error value for pairs of ALC images, each pair of ALC images including a first ALC image and a second ALC image and comparing the error values for each pair of ALC images and selecting an error-minimised image from the pair of ALC images having the lowest error value within the time window Calculating the error value comprises comparing each pixel of the first ALC image with a corresponding pixel of the second ALC image, and determining a change in intensity for each pixel between the first ALC image and the second ALC image, and calculating an error value for the pair of ALC images based on the change in intensity over a plurality of pixels.
Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided a method for minimising error in ambient light corrected image due to motion, the method comprising: capturing a plurality of primary images with controlled intensity of illumination varying over time, estimating an error value due to motion for each of a plurality of sub-sets of the plurality of primary images, and performing ambient light correction on an error minimised sub-set of primary images having the lowest estimated error value to generate an ambient light corrected (ALC) image with a minimised error. Estimating the error value for each sub-set of the plurality of primary images comprises identifying a pair of primary images in the sub-set including a first primary image and a second primary image, wherein the first primary image is captured temporally before the second primary image, determining a displacement vector matrix between the pair of primary images, and estimating the error value for the sub-set of primary images based on the displacement vector matrix between the pair of primary images. Determining the displacement vector matrix includes dividing the first primary image into a plurality of first grid elements and dividing the second primary image into a plurality of second grid elements, matching first grid elements to second grid elements which correspond to the same position on the object, and determining a displacement vector between each matched first grid element and second grid element to determine a displacement vector matrix describing the displacement vector of each grid element.
Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method (300; FIG. 3) for interacting with a user of a personal care device (FIG. 1; 102). The method (300; FIG. 3) comprises receiving (302, FIG. 3) device usage data indicative of a manner in which the personal care device is used by the user during a usage instance of the personal care device, the device usage data relating to one or more of a defined set of device usage parameters; receiving (304) performance data indicative of an outcome of the usage instance, the performance data relating to one or more of a defined set of performance parameters; and responsive to a determination that one or more of the received device usage data and the received performance data differ from stored reference device usage data and stored reference performance data, respectively, by more than a defined threshold amount, generating (306) a user input request to be presented to the user. An apparatus, a system and a computer program product are also provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device (100) for RF skin treatment comprising an outer electrode (2) arranged on an operational side (15) of the device. The outer electrode has an annular or equilateral polygonal shape. An inner electrode (1) is arranged at a center of the outer electrode and is surrounded by the outer electrode. An RF generator (21) is arranged to supply an RF treatment voltage between the inner electrode (1) and the outer electrode (2). A skin contact surface of the inner electrode has a largest cross-sectional dimension in a range of 200-500 μm, and the RF treatment voltage is less than 50 V. The invention provides a device with improved safety in that it enables the creation of non-ablative fractionated skin lesions, particularly using a relatively low RF treatment voltage for treating the skin as compared to known devices and without the necessity of a feedback or monitoring system.
Abstract:
The measurement system 110 comprises a light source 120 configured and arranged for emitting a light beam via a polarization modulator 130 to a target position inside the skin 160, wherein the polarization modulator 130 is configured and arranged to simultaneously provide, in use, a first and a second region in a cross-section of the light beam in the target position, the first and the second region being distinct and having a corresponding first and second direction of polarization, the first and the second polarization direction being different from each other, and the measurement system also comprises a detection unit 150 to simultaneously detect a first and a second intensity of reflected light 145, the first intensity corresponding to light reflected from the first region of the light beam in the target position 160, and the second intensity corresponding to light reflected from the second region of the light beam in the target position 160, and the measurement system further comprises a processor being coupled to the detection unit 150 for determining a difference between the first and the second intensity.
Abstract:
An increasing number of non-invasive skin treatment devices are being provided for use by consumers instead of by medical professionals. Such home use raises new concerns, such as safety and treatment efficacy. The invention improves on existing devices and treatment methods. The invention provides a device and method, wherein a light source is configured and arranged to provide a first (31) and a second (32) region of non-zero intensity within a transverse cross-section of a laser light beam (21) having a single higher-order laser beam mode, and a third region (33), disposed between the first (31) and second (32) regions, of lower light intensity than the non-zero light intensity. The first (31) and second (32) regions are configured to create, during use, a lesion in skin tissue in the focal spot of the laser light beam, and the third (33) region is configured to avoid creating in the focal spot, during use, a lesion in skin tissue between the lesions created by the first and second regions. For example, the light source may be configured and arranged to produce laser light in a higher mode, the order being higher than fundamental mode. The intensity pattern of the beam profile, with its regions of substantially differing intensity, is substantially constant along the propagation axis. This provides an area in the skin tissue in the focal spot at the treatment location with substantially no lesions, disposed between areas of lesions.