Patent ID: 9101524
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61H,A61N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treating areas of the skin, comprising: a vacuum chamber including an opening configured to face an area of a skin surface; two parallel, cylindrical rollers each disposed near opposing sides of the opening of the vacuum chamber and configured to make contact with the skin, at least a portion of the surface of at least one of the rollers being an electrical conductor; an RF energy source configured to transmit an amount of RF energy from at least one roller to the skin; an optical energy source configured to emit optical energy onto the skin disposed within the vacuum chamber; a pressure sensor configured to sense an air pressure in the vacuum chamber; and a system controller operably connected to the pressure sensor, the optical energy source and the RF energy source and configured to activate the application of RF energy transmitted to the at least one roller to the skin and to cause the optical energy source to emit optical energy onto the skin based on the air pressure in the vacuum chamber; wherein, when the pressure sensor sensing the air pressure inside the vacuum chamber at less than a predetermined value, the system controller causes the RF energy source to transmit RF energy, and the optical energy source to emit optical energy onto the skin; and wherein the optical energy source is at least one of an intense pulsed light (IPL), a laser and a LED.