Patent ID: 7108690
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A hair-removing device comprising a laser source, an adjustable laser beam manipulator for positioning a laser beam supplied by the laser source during operation in a target position on a skin to be treated, and an image sensor for detecting an image of at least a portion of the skin, wherein the laser source is controllable by an electrical control unit; which control unit during operation determines the target position of the laser beam as a function of a position and/or orientation on the skin of a hair to be removed as determined from the image by the control unit, and which control unit activates the laser source the moment the laser beam manipulator is in a position which corresponds to the target position of the laser beam wherein the control unit determines from the position and orientation on the skin of the hair to be removed, as determined from the image, a region on the skin below which a root of the hair will be present with a predetermined degree of probability, the control unit determining at least one target position on the skin in said region.