Patent ID: 11857338
Assignee: IEVA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for analyzing physico-chemical properties of a skin surface, the system comprising:
at least one contact sensor configured to be applied to said skin surface to be analyzed in order to determine a dielectric constant by measuring capacitance variation between the air and the skin surface, once or twice a day, relating to a particular area of the skin surface,
at least one environment sensor designed to accompany a user throughout the day and to measure, throughout the day, at least one external parameter acting on said skin surface,
a processing unit interfaced with the contact and environment sensors, said processing unit comprising a module that, responsive to receiving control signals, analyzes physico-chemical properties of the skin surface, the control signals including signals that cause:
(i) the at least one contact sensor to take one-off measurements, wherein the one-off measurements are carried out in response to an indication from the user with non-predictable and variable time intervals,
(ii) the at least one environment sensor to take over time measurements,
(iii) the processing unit to receive and analyze a first signal representative of the one-off measurements and a second signal representative of the over time measurements to generate an analysis of the physico-chemical properties of the skin surface,
(iv) the processing unit to diagnose, based on the analysis of the physico-chemical properties of the skin surface, a skin condition of the skin surface, wherein the skin condition includes at least a hydration level of the skin surface, the hydration level representative of a proportion of water on the skin surface and determined according to the dielectric constant, and
(v) the processing unit to determine, based on the diagnosis of the skin condition of the skin surface, a suitable treatment.