Patent ID: 11918804
Assignee: POLLOGEN LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating a person's skin tissue, comprising:
providing a skin tissue treatment apparatus comprising:
at least one heater configured to cause temperature modification of a surface of the skin tissue,
a muscle stimulator configured to provide muscle stimulation to a muscle layer located below the skin tissue, and
a handheld applicator configured to be placed in vicinity of the surface of the skin tissue to deliver said temperature modification from said at least one heater to the surface of the skin tissue and said muscle stimulation from said muscle stimulator to the muscle layer located below the skin tissue;
providing a control board configured and operable to activate the at least one heater to heat the skin tissue surface to a temperature above 40 degrees C. and less than 45 degrees C. and the muscle stimulator according to respective activation patterns, wherein the control board is not configured to control cooling through the handheld applicator; and
placing the handheld applicator in the vicinity of the skin surface and operating the control board to deliver heat from said heater through the skin surface and muscle stimulation from the muscle stimulator to the muscle layer below the skin surface, wherein the operating of the control board does not deliver cooling through the handheld applicator to the surface of the skin tissue;
thereby providing one or more treatments to the skin tissue.