Abstract:
A breast pump comprises a breast shield, a stimulator for applying a negative stimulus to promote milk expression, a light source for illuminating the nipple and/or a portion of the breast, and a controller for synchronizing the timing of operation of the light source and the stimulator. The stimulation of blood flow using light has been found to promote milk extraction. In particular, the control of the light source prevents deterioration of the milk quality caused by the illumination.
Abstract:
The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to provide a user with recommendations indicating a fitness level of one or more topical skin products with a personal care device. The system comprises one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: obtain information that identifies the personal care device; access, via a network, one or more databases storing one or more reviews associated with the personal care device, wherein the reviews include information about user experience with the personal care device and the one or more topical skin products; extract, from the reviews associated with the personal care device, information indicating the fitness level of the one or more topical skin products with the personal care device; and generate one or more recommendations indicating the fitness level of the one or more topical skin products with the personal care device based on analysis of the extracted reviews.
Abstract:
A hair care device for enhancing uptake of a topical in hair. The hair care device comprises a topical delivery unit for applying the topical to the hair surface, an ultrasound generator (103) for generating ultrasound at a frequency exceeding 15 MHz, wherein an ultrasound intensity is in a range between 2 W/cm2 and 100 W/cm2, and an ultrasound transducer (105) for applying ultrasound to the topical and/or the hair surface to enhance uptake of the topical by the hair.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device (100) for RF skin treatment, comprising an active electrode (1) arranged on an operational side (15) of the device and having a first skin contact surface for contact with a skin of a user, which first skin contact surface has a largest cross-sectional dimension smaller than or equal to 2 mm. The device comprises a return electrode (2) arranged on the operational side (15) of the device and having a second skin contact surface for contact with the skin of the user, wherein an area of the second skin contact surface is at least five times larger than an area of the first skin contact surface. An RF generator (21) is arranged to supply an RF treatment voltage between the active electrode (1) and the return electrode (2) so as to heat a skin region below the active electrode, wherein the RF treatment voltage has a frequency in a range of 100 MHz-3 GHz. By using a frequency of the RF treatment voltage in said range, a depth of thermal lesions voltage is considerably increased as compared to RF skin treatment devices using a comparable RF treatment voltage, but at a much lower frequency.
Abstract:
The invention provides a non-invasive skin treatment device (200) comprising: a light source (10) constructed for emitting treatment light (15), an optical system (20) constructed for focusing the treatment light along an optical axis (OA) to a focus position (320) inside the skin tissue (300), and an indenter (30) comprising a skin contact surface (34) having an aperture (A1) at a distance from the optical system for allowing the treatment light to be focused through the aperture into the skin tissue. The indenter is configured and constructed for generating, in a cross-section of the aperture taken along the optical axis and along a cross-section direction wherein the aperture has a width dimension, a maximally curved protrusion of skin tissue freely protruding through the aperture towards the optical system by pressing the indenter against the skin surface of a specific skin type with a pressure exceeding a predefined pressure, a skin surface of said maximally curved protrusion having a radius of curvature (RC) at an intersection with the optical axis. The optical system is configured and constructed for generating a focused beam of the treatment light having, in said cross-section of the aperture at said intersection, a wave front with a radius of curvature ranging between 75% and 125% of said radius of curvature (RC) of the skin surface of said maximally curved protrusion.
Abstract:
The invention provides a non-invasive device (100) for skin rejuvenation using a treatment pressure below ambient pressure, and provides a method and a computer program product. The non-invasive device comprises a suction chamber (110) having a skin contact surface (115) comprising an opening (120) for exposing the skin tissue (200) to the suction chamber for applying a suction force to an outer surface (210) of the skin tissue. The opening in the suction chamber is less than 10 square millimeters. The suction chamber is dimensioned so as to allow it to be manually applied to the outer surface of the skin tissue. The non-invasive device further comprises a controller (140) for controlling a level of treatment pressure (Pt) inside the suction chamber (110) and for controlling an application time interval (Δt) of the treatment pressure for damaging an interface (225) between an epidermis layer (220) and a dermis layer (230) of the skin tissue.
Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided a system (100) comprising a hair cutting device (102) having a cutting element for cutting a subject's hair; a localisation unit (104) for acquiring location data indicative of a location of the cutting element relative to a body part of the subject; a timer unit (106) for measuring time data associated with usage of the hair cutting device; and a processing unit (108) in communication with the hair cutting device, the localisation unit and the timer unit, the processing unit being configured to determine, based on the location data and the time data, an operating parameter to be applied to the hair cutting device.
Abstract:
The invention discloses a tissue illumination system (700). The tissue illumination system (700) includes at least one radiation source (702) configured to generate first radiation in a first wavelength band at a first intensity, the first radiation having a peak wavelength, λ1; and second radiation in a second wavelength band at a second intensity, the second radiation having a peak wavelength, λ2. An intensity ratio of the first intensity relative to the second intensity is between 0.2 and 1; and the peak wavelength λ1 of the first wavelength band and the peak wavelength λ2 of the second wavelength band are selected such that they satisfy the following relationships: Formula (I). The tissue illumination system (700) also includes a radiation delivery unit (404) configured to deliver the first radiation and the second radiation towards tissue of a subject. An optical filter system, a device, a tissue illumination method and a computer program product are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An ultrasound hair care device (10) for drying and styling hair (20). An ultrasound unit (12-18) applies ultrasound to the hair (20). A hair moisture measurement unit (22) measures a moisture level of the hair (20). A control unit (24) controls the ultrasound unit (12-18) based on the moisture level. In accordance with the present invention, in dependence on the moisture level, ultrasound is applied to the hair (20) at a first frequency not exceeding 1 MHz for drying the hair (20), and/or at a second frequency of at least 1 MHz for styling the hair (20).
Abstract:
A measurement system for light-based measurement of collagen, using a first light intensity and a second light intensity according to the invention, compromises a light source (120) for emitting a light beam having a source wavelength range and an optical system (130) to polarize light within the source wavelength range, thereby generating a polarized light beam (140), and to direct and focus the polarized light beam (140) to a target position inside the skin (160) at a predetermined focus depth below an outer surface of the skin. The measurement system further comprises a first detector (150) and a second detector