313 results about "Sudoriferous gland" patented technology

A method and system for ultrasound treatment of sweat glands are provided. An exemplary method and system for targeted treatment of sweat glands can be configured in various manners, such as through use of therapy only, therapy and monitoring, imaging and therapy, or therapy, imaging, and monitoring, and / or through use of focused, unfocused, or defocused ultrasound through control of various spatial and temporal parameters. As a result, ablative energy can be deposited at the particular depth at which the aberrant sweat gland population is located below the skin surface.

A treatment of sweat glands in a target region of skin includes generating electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of about 1,064 nm to about 1,800 nm. To decrease sweat production in a plurality of sweat glands, the electromagnetic radiation is delivered to a dermal interface defined by a dermal region and a subcutaneous fat region in the target region of skin to cause thermal injury to at least one of the dermal region, the subcutaneous fat region or the dermal interface. An epidermal region of the skin can be cooled at least one of before, during or after delivering the electromagnetic radiation to the dermal interface in the target region of skin.

A method and system for ultrasound treatment of sweat glands are provided. An exemplary method and system for targeted treatment of sweat glands can be configured in various manners, such as through use of therapy only, therapy and monitoring, imaging and therapy, or therapy, imaging, and monitoring, and / or through use of focused, unfocused, or defocused ultrasound through control of various spatial and temporal parameters. As a result, ablative energy can be deposited at the particular depth at which the aberrant sweat gland population is located below the skin surface.

Botulinum toxin may be used to inhibit the cascade of events leading to acne. Results in preliminary studies have been dramatic. Withoout wishing to be bound by this theory, it is believed that botulinum toxin achieves this result through parasympathetic effects, inhibiting sweat gland activity, stimulating keratinocyte locomotion, anti-inflammatory effects, and possibly anti-androgenic effects. Botulinum toxin can play an important role in decreasing and even preventing the formation of acne.

The invention relates to sweat activity measurement, e.g. for determining a physiological state of a subject, embodied by a method as well as a kit with an immittance measuring circuit and electrodes with contact electrolyte. Sweat activity is considered a transport phenomenon and can be defined as a flux, e.g. gram water per skin area per second. Prior art methods determining water absorbed per gram dry stratum corneum measures skin moisture and do not truly reflect sweat activity. A periodic signal with frequency of 60 Hz or lower is applied to reduce contribution from complex admittance of the skin, and skin conductance is measured as a degree of sweat activity. The contact electrolyte allows filling of sweat ducts with sweat from sweat glands, this may be characterized in that it does not substantially fill the sweat ducts when being positioned on the skin and / or in that it has a re-absorption time constant from the sweat ducts into the Epidermis of less than 15 min.

Botulinum toxin may be used to inhibit the cascade of events leading to acne. Results in preliminary studies have been dramatic. Without wishing to be bound by this theory, it is believed that botulinum toxin achieves this result through parasympathetic effects, inhibiting sweat gland activity, stimulating keratinocyte locomotion, anti-inflammatory effects, and possibly anti-androgenic effects. Botulinum toxin can play an important role in decreasing and even preventing the formation of acne.

Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods for treating skin, such as skin tightening or for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions that would benefit from tissue area or volume reduction, skin restoration, skin tightening, skin lifting, and / or skin repositioning and / or for generally improving skin function or appearance (e.g., the removal of unwanted skin features or irregularities such as sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair follicles, necrosis, and fibrosis). Such apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods comprise an apparatus having a handheld main body and a detachably attachable tip comprising one or more needles.

Antiperspirant actives that produce practically no visible white residue, even against a black background is provided by the reduction of the particle size, using a refractive index modifier, to a point where the antiperspirant active on application provides no discernible whiteness.When formulated into an antiperspirant stick, the antiperspirant actives produce an improved combination of functional properties, including excellent antiperspirancy, smooth skin feel, nontacky, quick drying and leave no visible residue.The exceptionally high surface area of the antiperspirant active results in rapid and efficient delivery of the active to the sweat glands and possible absorption. The absence or reduced quantity of suspending and flow enhancing agents, of gellant and surfactant, is believed to improve the antiperspirant active's ability to physically reach the sweat glands and improve efficacy.

A new method for the inhibition of human sweating and body malodour is described. An agent capable of blocking calcium channels in the secretory coil cells of human sweat glands is topically applied; on reaching the secretory coil cells, the action of this agent results in reduced sweat production. Preferred agents are natural plant extracts. The transport of the agent to the secretory coil is preferably enhanced in some way, for example by iontophoresis or the use of a skin penetration enhancer. Antiperspirant products comprising a calcium channel blocking agent and a pore-blocking antiperspirant active are also claimed.

The invention provides an integrated framework for detecting peripheral sympathetic responses through imaging. The measurements may be performed on three facial areas of sympathetic importance, that is, periorbital, supraorbital, and maxillary. Because the imaging measurements are thermal in nature and comprise multiple components of variable frequency (i.e., blood flow, sweat gland activation, and breathing), wavelets are used as the image analysis framework. The image analysis may be grounded on GSR signals.

The invention relates to tissue engineering skin and a preparation method thereof. The tissue engineering skin comprises a dermis layer and an epidermis layer, and is prepared from seed cells, cell growth factors and a biological scaffold material according to a biological 3D printing technology. The tissue engineering skin is similar to natural skin, comprises the dermis layer and the epidermis layer, can be produced in batches, can be closely attached to a wound, and has high biocompatibility, the dermis layer contains blood vessels, sweat glands and hair follicles, the shape, size and thickness of the tissue engineering skin can be easily changed, the elasticity and flexibility of the skin after sound healing can be enhanced, and the tissue engineering transplantation success rate can be increased.

The invention relates to in-vitro inducing differentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells into skin tissue engineering seed cells. The invention discloses a new research direction for human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, i.e. in-vitro inducting differentiation into skin tissue engineering seed cells. The invention also discloses an experimental method thereof, which comprises the following steps: collecting the caesarean umbilical cords in aseptic environment; culturing original-generation umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UCMSCs) by an enzyme digestion or tissue-piece adherent method; after purifying and subculturing to the third generation, inducing by using different in-vitro condition induction liquids to differentiate into epidermis stem cells and fibroblasts; and inducing and differentiating epidermis stem cells and fibroblasts into sudoriferous gland cells by using coculture mode with the normal sudoriferous cells. After the induced cells are digested, liquid nitrogen is stored for later use. The invention provides seed cells for skin tissue engineering, and has the advantages of strong multiplication capacity, easy inducing differentiation, low immunogenicity, abundant sources and easy obtainment.

The invention relates to sweat activity measurement, e.g. for determining a physiological state of a subject, embodied by a method as well as a kit with an immittance measuring circuit and electrodes with contact electrolyte. Sweat activity is considered a transport phenomenon and can be defined as a flux, e.g. gram water per skin area per second. Prior art methods determining water absorbed per gram dry stratum corneum measures skin moisture and do not truly reflect sweat activity. A periodic signal with frequency of 60 Hz or lower is applied to reduce contribution from complex admittance of the skin, and skin conductance is measured as a degree of sweat activity. The contact electrolyte allows filling of sweat ducts with sweat from sweat glands, this may be characterized in that it does not substantially fill the sweat ducts when being positioned on the skin and / or in that it has a re-absorption time constant from the sweat ducts into the Epidermis of less than 15 min.

An apparatus, method and system are provided for sensing at least one biometric measure of an individual. An electrical current flows through an electrode to induce an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field stimulates and excites the molecules associated with the sweat gland pores and causes molecular compounds to fluoresce. An image of the fluoresced dermal surface is obtained and a biometric function is performed with data derived from the image. Alternatively, sweat gland pore biometric information may be derived from variations, fluctuations or disturbances to the electromagnetic field induced by the electrical current.

The invention provides herbaceous alcohol detoxication candies and preparation thereof. The herbaceous alcohol detoxication candies comprise the following components in percentage by weight: 55 percent of white granulated sugar, 36.5 percent of high maltose syrup, 5 percent of herbaceous plant extract, 3 percent of water, 0.2 percent of natural menthol, and 0.3 percent of natural peppermint oil essence. Alcohol detoxication raw materials of the alcohol detoxication candies are prepared from medical and edible natural herbs through scientific extraction and refinement, and do not contain toxic and chemical substances. When taken during the drinking, the alcohol detoxication candies can promote alcohol to be quickly expelled from intestines, urine and sweat glands, so that the concentration of the alcohol in blood is reduced, the effects of protecting livers and expelling toxin are achieved, and the symptoms of palpitation and headache can be relieved and chest tightness can be eliminated at the same time; and the alcohol detoxication candies can also achieve the effects of quenching thirst, reducing pathogenic fire and refreshing when taken at ordinary times.

A cosmetic method for treating a human body to reduce hyperhidrosis includes applying laser light energy to one or more portions of the human body in which the laser light energy is one or more of: about 450 nm, about 930 nm, about 970 nm and about 1060 nm. An apparatus for accomplishing this method includes a source of laser light energy and a controller for controlling the laser light source to apply laser light energy to target and disrupt sweat glands in the human body.

The invention relates to a preparation method of tissue engineering skin containing appendant organs. In the invention, the preparation method comprises the following steps of: inoculating amniotic mesenchyme stem cells, amniotic mesenchyme stem cells induced to the directions of hair papillae, amniotic epithelial cells and amniotic epithelial cells induced to the directions of the epithelia of the sweat gland into a gel solution, then inoculating the amniotic epithelial cells and the amniotic epithelial cells induced by keratinocyte in a warp direction on the surface of a structure of the hair follicle and the sweat gland after culturing by a dermal layer by induced culture forming the structure of the hair follicle and the sweat gland, and obtaining the tissue engineering skin with the structure of the hair follicle and the sweat gland after culturing. The skin has elasticity, toughness, vigorous cellular metabolism, strong multiplication capacity, sufficient secretion of extracellular matrices, tight linkage of the cuticular layer, the inophragma and the cells of the dermal layer and little possibility of falling off, enhances the success rate of transplantation, can promote the healing of a wound surface, enhances the effects of restoration and replacement and has the function of regulating the immunological rejection of a receptor; by the contained structure of the hair follicle and the sweat gland, the function of the skin is more complete; the adopted amniotic tissues are postpartum wastes and have extensive source, strong cell multiplication capability and multiplepassage frequency; and the invention is beneficial to the mass production of seed cells and lowers the industrialization cost.

A new method for the inhibition of human sweating and body malodour is described. An agent capable of blocking calcium channels in the secretory coil cells of human sweat glands is topically applied; on reaching the secretory coil cells, the action of this agent results in reduced sweat production. Preferred agents are natural plant extracts. The transport of the agent to the secretory coil is preferably enhanced in some way, for example by iontophoresis or the use of a skin penetration enhancer. Antiperspirant products comprising a calcium channel blocking agent and a pore-blocking antiperspirant active are also claimed.< / PTEXT>

A non-surgical device used to duplicate a protruding or non-protruding nipple and areola containing sebaceous glands (Montgomery follicles) and sweat glands, creating the most natural-looking nipple and areola possible. The device will function as a nipple prosthesis, nipple enhancer or a nipple protector. At the user's discretion, the vertex can be shaped in several polyhedral angles, such as rounded, squared and pointed. The nipple portion may be custom sized by cutting for either erect, non-erect, rounded, squared or have a pointed look or it may be left in its original size.

Non-pathological, physiologically normal sweating is inhibited through use of an a muscarinic anticholinergic amine that blocks parasympathetic stimuli from cholinergic nerve fibers to an innerved sweat gland. The anticholinergic agent is included in a form adapted to be topically applied to commonly sweaty areas of the body. Side effects are minimized by employing amines which are charged at physiological pH, thereby minimizing their ability to cross biological membranes. The most prefered anticholinergic agents are salts of quaternary amines (quaternary ammonium salts) which are always charged.

A system and method for assessing relative proportions of cholinergic and adrenergic nervous receptors in a patient is disclosed. The system includes: an anode, a cathode, and passive electrode for placement on different regions of the patient body. The method generally includes: applying DC voltage pulses of varying voltage values to stress sweat glands of the patient, collecting data representing the current between the anode and the cathode and the potential of the anode, the cathode, and the passive electrode for each of the different DC voltage, and computing data representing the electrochemical skin conductance of the patient. The computed data representing the electromechanical skin conductance of the patient is reconciled with reference data from control patients having known relative proportions of cholinergic and adrenergic nervous receptors. Thus, the relative proportions of cholinergic and adrenergic nervous receptors in the patient can be determined.

The invention relates to multi-character vivo identification method and device. On the basis that vivo skin displays sweat gland distribution, skin patterns (such as fingerprint) and other information under an infrared micro imaging system, an infrared detector detects vivo sweat gland information, the skin patterns (such as fingerprint) and other information which are acquired by the infrared micro imaging system and the vivo information with the presorted information are compared. The sweat gland imaging of the infrared micro imaging system is based on the temperature difference of the vivo surface skin and the vivo sweat gland, so single vivo can be identified by the method at higher safety so as to prevent the illegal camouflage.

An apparatus, method and system are provided for sensing at least one biometric measure of an individual. An electrical current flows through an electrode to induce an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field stimulates and excites the molecules associated with the sweat gland pores and causes molecular compounds to fluoresce. An image of the fluoresced dermal surface is obtained and a biometric function is performed with data derived from the image. Alternatively, sweat gland pore biometric information may be derived from variations, fluctuations or disturbances to the electromagnetic field induced by the electrical current.

A method for assessing sudomotor function of a patient for evaluating diabetic and autonomous neuropathy is disclosed. The method is performed in a system comprising electrodes intended to be placed on different regions of the patient body, and an adjustable DC source. The method includes applying on the electrodes DC voltage pulses of varying voltage values in order to stress sweat glands, the voltage pulses lasting given durations allowing the stabilization of electrochemical phenomena in the body, near the electrodes; collecting data representative of the current between the electrodes, and of the potential generated on the electrodes for the different DC voltages; from the data, computing results representative of the electrochemical skin conductance of the patient; reconciling the latter data with reference data obtained in the same conditions on patients identified as suffering or not from sudomotor, and identifying the patient as suffering or not from sudomotor dysfunction.

The invention discloses a sweating suppression deodorant composition which comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 0.01-3% of cyperus rotundus root extract, 0.01-3% of farnesol, 0.01-3% of honeysuckle flower extract, 0.01-3% of mulberry leaf extract, 5-30% of antiperspirant, 0.1-3% of essential oil and the balance of auxiliaries. The sweating suppression deodorant composition disclosed by the invention can be prepared into multiple dosage forms; due to the interaction of multiple active components, the sweating suppression deodorant composition has the functions of suppressing sweat gland secretion, suppressing smelly bacteria, eliminating dampness with aromatics and protecting skin and diminishing inflammation; and the sweating suppression deodorant composition is rich in natural plant components and has the characteristics of little toxic and side effect, high effect taking speed, lasting effect and good clinical effect.

The present invention discloses a method for three dimensional printing artificial skin. The method comprises the following steps of: printing a dermis layer by a hydrogel combined with an autologousdermal cell; printing an epidermis layer on the dermis layer by a hydrogel combined with an autologous kerationocytes cell; and implanting a plurality of progenitor cells for sweat glands and hair follicles through the epidermis layer into the dermis layer to form an artificial skin. Because all used materials are from the autologous skin, and the 3D printing technology is used to implant the progenitor cells for sweat glands and hair follicles to form the artificial skin which has sweat glands and hair follicles. According to the method, an artificial skin with a complete skin structure is completed.

The invention relates to a method and a formula for promoting hair growth. The method for promoting the hair growth is characterized by comprising the following steps: firstly fumigating the head by adopting a soak solution of fumigating powder; secondly, smearing a toning liquid agent with special effect on the head and expelling toxins by combining a toxin expelling instrument; thirdly, smearing an intensive scalp care liquid agent on the to-be-treated parts of the head and carrying out radiation on main and collateral channels of the whole head; fourthly, spraying a hair root activin agent to the to-be-treated parts, wrapping the whole head by adopting a piece of preservative paper, heating by combining a four-core heat energy lamp, and then irradiating by adopting a fire cloud tunnel instrument; and finally smearing a hair drying and thickening essence liquid agent on to-be-treated scalps and hair roots, wrapping the whole head by adopting a piece of preservative paper, heating by virtue of the four-core heat energy lamp, and then introducing. The method for promoting the hair growth is simple, safe and reliable in operation and can be used by combining with the formula, so that a medicine can contact skin of the head under the fumigation action, blood capillaries are expanded under the actions of temperature and pressure, medicinal ingredients are absorbed through permeation by virtue of sweat glands and sebaceous glands on skin and act on the to-be-treated positions under the blood circulation action, the main and collateral channels are stimulated to achieve the aim of treatment, alopecia formed by nature and nurture can be effectively treated, and the effects of growing hairs and removing hair oil and scalp acnes can be realized.

The invention discloses a fingerprint authenticity discrimination method based on the sweat gland and a fingerprint identification method. The fingerprint authenticity discrimination method comprisesobtaining a three-dimensional fingerprint image and extracting an external fingerprint; extracting an internal fingerprint according to the external fingerprint; selecting a sweat gland area accordingto the internal fingerprint and the external fingerprint; carrying out tubular filtering on the sweat gland area to obtain a tubular structure, carrying out binarization processing on the tubular structure by means of a preset sweat gland threshold, removing non sweat gland tubular structures, and obtaining a sweat gland image; correcting the sweat gland image according to the direction information and the helical structure information of the sweat gland; and judging whether the current fingerprint is an artificial fingerprint from the sweat gland image. The fingerprint identification methodbased on the sweat gland comprises that for a fingerprint to be identified, after the sweat gland image is obtained according to the above sweat gland extraction steps, the sweat gland in the sweat gland image is compared with an existing sweat gland in the system, comparison of the internal fingerprint and the external fingerprint is combined at the same time, and fingerprint identification is carried out according to the comparison result.