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System and method for treating skin and underlying tissues for improved health, function and/or appearance

A treatment plan and tissue technology, applied in the field of medical system of facial soft tissue, can solve the problems of long-term degeneration of facial tissue, difficult to reverse, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-07-09
SIGMA INSTR HLDG
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Additionally, the effects of these invasive cosmetic procedures, both good and bad, are generally not easily reversible, may be temporary, and may result in long-term degeneration of facial tissue

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[0071] Disclosed herein is a system and method for evaluating and manipulating a patient's facial tissues, including but not limited to: facial nerves, muscles, connective tissue, and circulatory vessels. In one aspect, the system is configured to provide one or more treatments to the patient's facial tissue in the form of percussive massage, electrical stimulation, acoustic stimulation, and any combination thereof. In other aspects, the system can also be configured to obtain one or more assessments of the condition of the facial tissue before and / or after the one or more treatments and store these assessments in the database. In one aspect, these saved assessments can be used to assess the efficacy of one of the one or more treatments, monitor facial tissue changes over time, and inform the selection of subsequent treatments. In various embodiments of the system, one or more methods may be used to select a treatment, including (but not limited to): selecting a treatment from...

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Systems and methods for treating facial soft tissues of a patient in a healthcare or cosmetic treatment environment such as, for example, a spa, clinic, or a medical practitioner's office are presented herein. The facial treatment system includes a facial stimulator instrument and / or an acoustic oscillator to deliver therapeutic stimulation to the facial tissues of a patient including percussive massage, electrical stimulation, and acoustic stimulation. A facial treatment application executing on a processor of a computing device identifies a treatment protocol and operates the facial stimulator instrument and / or acoustic oscillator to implement the facial tissue treatment.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 535,225, "Systems and Methods for Preventing and / or Treating Peripheral Neuropathy and Peripheral Vascular Disease," filed September 15, 2011. [0003] This application also claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 616,967, "System and Method for Treating Skin and Underlying Tissues for Improved Health, Function and / or Appearance," filed March 28, 2012. The contents of all of the above patent applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. technical field [0004] Various aspects of the invention relate to systems and methods related to skin health and beauty. More specifically, the present invention relates to medical systems and methods for treating a patient's facial soft tissue in a health care or cosmetic treatment setting, such as a spa, clinic, or medical practitioner's office. Background techniq...

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IPC IPC(8): A61N5/00A61B18/18A61N1/00
CPCA61N7/00A61N2007/0034A61N1/328A61N5/0616A61B5/0077A61B5/05A61B5/1032A61B5/441A61H2201/10A61H2201/5035A61H2201/5038A61H2230/605A61B5/004A61H23/006A61H23/0218A61H23/0236A61H2039/005A61H2201/5007A61H2201/5012A61H2201/5043A61H2201/5092A61H2205/022A61B5/389
Inventor J·克鲁尼克T·贝克赛L·L·小拉斯奇
Owner SIGMA INSTR HLDG
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