Patent ID: 7194316

Claim:
A handheld treatment device for use with a user's scalp in one or more modes of treatment, comprising: a housing which includes a handle portion and a head portion; a current generator disposed within the housing and configured to output a current for passage into the user's scalp in a first mode of treatment, said current being substantially less than 1 Ampere; a first conductive surface supported by the handle portion and contactable by a user when the treatment device is being held; a second conductive surface associated with the head portion and contactable with the user's scalp when the treatment device is in use; a circuit path defined among the first conductive surface, the second conductive surface and the current generator, the circuit path being in a closed state and the current generator outputting the current into hair follicles on the scalp when the handle and scalp portions are simultaneously contacted by the user in the first mode of treatment; and a switch connected so as to place the handheld treatment device in one of the first mode of treatment, a second mode of treatment, and a combined first and second mode of treatment.