JP3400445B2 - Laser hair removal probe - Google Patents
Laser hair removal probeInfo
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- JP3400445B2 JP3400445B2 JP2002151827A JP2002151827A JP3400445B2 JP 3400445 B2 JP3400445 B2 JP 3400445B2 JP 2002151827 A JP2002151827 A JP 2002151827A JP 2002151827 A JP2002151827 A JP 2002151827A JP 3400445 B2 JP3400445 B2 JP 3400445B2
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【０００１】[0001]
【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、レーザ光を皮膚面
に照射して脱毛トリートメントを行うレーザ脱毛プロー
ブに関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laser hair removal probe for irradiating a skin surface with laser light for hair removal treatment.
【０００２】[0002]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】レーザ脱毛は、ムダ毛
を取り除いた後の皮膚にレーザ光を照射し、毛乳頭と皮
脂腺にたんぱく変性を起こして毛の発育を抑制するもの
である。ムダ毛を取り除く方法としては、ピンセットで
抜く、脱毛クリームで溶かす、脱毛テープで剥し取るな
どの方法があるが、カミソリで剃るのが肌を傷めたり、
痛みを伴うこともなく、安全で手間のかからない方法で
ある。Laser hair removal is a method of irradiating the skin after removing waste hair with laser light to cause protein degeneration in the papilla and sebaceous gland to suppress hair growth. There are methods to remove waste hair, such as pulling out with tweezers, melting with hair removal cream, peeling off with hair removal tape, but shaving with a razor may damage the skin,
It is a painless, safe and hassle-free method.
【０００３】一方、毛抜きは痛みを伴うが、カミソリで
剃るのに比べて剃り残しがない分、仕上がりがきれい
で、毛が生えてくるのも遅いので、レーザ脱毛の前に行
う除毛方法としては最適である。また、レーザ脱毛はレ
ーザ光を当ててから約３カ月後にようやく変化が見えて
くるといわれるように、長い期間継続して繰り返し行う
必要がある。ところが、レーザ脱毛はトリートメントす
る前にその都度ムダ毛を取り除く必要があるので、これ
が面倒で手間がかかる作業のため、レーザ脱毛を長期間
継続的に行う上での隘路となっていた。On the other hand, hair removal is painful, but compared with shaving with a razor, there is less shaving left, so the finish is beautiful and the hair grows slowly, so it is a method of hair removal before laser hair removal. Is optimal. Further, it is necessary to repeat the laser hair removal for a long period of time so that the change can be seen only about three months after the laser light is applied. However, since the laser hair removal needs to remove the waste hair before each treatment, it is a troublesome and troublesome work, and it has been a bottleneck for continuously performing the laser hair removal for a long time.
【０００４】そこで本発明は、レーザ光を照射するプロ
ーブに毛抜き手段を備えて皮膚表面の毛を引き抜きなが
ら皮膚にレーザ光を照射することにより、仕上がりがき
れいで効率よく脱毛できるレーザ脱毛プローブを提供す
ることを目的になされたものである。Therefore, the present invention provides a laser hair removal probe which is equipped with a hair removing means in a probe for irradiating laser light and irradiates the skin with laser light while pulling out hair on the skin surface so that the hair can be efficiently removed. It was made for the purpose of doing.
【０００５】[0005]
【課題を解決するための手段】かかる目的を達成するた
めに、本発明は以下のように構成した。In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following constitution.
【０００６】すなわち、請求項１の発明は、レーザ光を
照射するプローブの先端に毛抜き手段を備えると共に、
前記毛抜き手段の移動方向の反対側にレーザ光照射手段
を備え、当該レーザ光照射手段を点灯し、しかして毛を
引き抜いた後の皮膚にレーザ光を照射することを特徴と
するレーザ脱毛プローブである。請求項２の発明は、前
記毛抜き手段を電気シェーバとする請求項１記載のレー
ザ脱毛プローブである。Namely, the invention of claim 1 comprises a tweezers unit at the tip of the probe for irradiating a laser beam Rutotomoni,
Laser light irradiation means on the side opposite to the moving direction of the hair removing means
, Turn on the laser light irradiation means, and
It is characterized by irradiating the laser light on the skin after extraction
This is a laser hair removal probe. The invention of claim 2 is the laser hair removal probe according to claim 1, wherein the hair removing means is an electric shaver.
【０００７】[0007]
【発明の実施の形態】以下に図面を参照して本発明の実
施の形態について説明する。BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
【０００８】図１と図２に、本発明を実施したレーザ脱
毛プローブの正面図と一部を切り欠いた側面図を示す。
レーザ脱毛プローブ１は、電気毛抜き器の回転ディスク
あるいは挟持爪を配列した毛抜きアクチュエータ２の両
側にレーザ光を照射する複数の半導体レーザダイオード
３を配列する。半導体レーザダイオード３は、ヒートシ
ンク４に通孔ａを穿って挿嵌し、その発光面前方に球レ
ンズ５を配置する。球レンズ５は、半導体レーザダイオ
ード３のレーザ光を集光して毛抜きアクチュエータ２の
先端にビームウエストを形成する。なお、半導体レーザ
ダイオード３は、毛抜きアクチュエータ２の片側だけに
配列してもよい。1 and 2 show a front view and a partially cut-away side view of a laser hair removal probe according to the present invention.
The laser hair removal probe 1 has a plurality of semiconductor laser diodes 3 for irradiating a laser beam on both sides of a hair removing actuator 2 in which a rotating disk or a sandwiching claw of an electric hair remover is arranged. The semiconductor laser diode 3 is inserted into the heat sink 4 by inserting the through hole a, and the spherical lens 5 is arranged in front of the light emitting surface thereof. The ball lens 5 collects the laser light of the semiconductor laser diode 3 and forms a beam waist at the tip of the hair removing actuator 2. The semiconductor laser diode 3 may be arranged only on one side of the hair removing actuator 2.
【０００９】半導体レーザダイオード３は、図３に示す
ように、ヒートシンク４に挿嵌し、結合モジュール６を
介して太径光ファイバ７の入射端に接続すると共に、太
径光ファイバ７を溶融延伸型光カプラ８を介して多数の
細径光ファイバ９に分岐し、それらの出射端をそれぞれ
球レンズ５の後方に臨ませて毛抜きアクチュエータ２の
両側に配列してもよい。結合モジュール６は、半導体レ
ーザダイオード３の出射光を結合レンズ（図示しない）
で絞り込んで太径光ファイバ７の受光角より小さい範囲
の角度で入射させる。As shown in FIG. 3, the semiconductor laser diode 3 is inserted into a heat sink 4 and connected to an incident end of a large-diameter optical fiber 7 via a coupling module 6, and the large-diameter optical fiber 7 is melt-drawn. A plurality of small-diameter optical fibers 9 may be branched via the mold optical coupler 8 and their emission ends may be arranged on both sides of the hair removing actuator 2 so as to face the rear side of the spherical lens 5, respectively. The coupling module 6 couples the light emitted from the semiconductor laser diode 3 with a coupling lens (not shown).
Then, the light is narrowed down and is made incident at an angle smaller than the light receiving angle of the large-diameter optical fiber 7.
【００１０】球レンズ５は、焦点距離が通常のレンズよ
り短いので、焦点深度もわずかで狭い範囲に光パワーを
絞り込むことができる。また、焦点を過ぎた位置からは
逆に同じ角度で広がり、広い範囲に光パワーが分散す
る。このため、焦点を過ぎた位置ではエネルギー密度が
低くなって光パワーが衰えるので、誤って照射しても生
体を損傷する危険性が少なくなる。Since the spherical lens 5 has a focal length shorter than that of a normal lens, the optical power can be narrowed down to a narrow range with a small depth of focus. Further, from the position beyond the focal point, on the contrary, it spreads at the same angle, and the optical power is dispersed in a wide range. For this reason, the energy density becomes low at the position beyond the focal point and the optical power declines, so that the risk of damaging the living body is reduced even if the irradiation is erroneously performed.
【００１１】毛抜きアクチュエータ２は、スペーサとし
ての役割を果たし、球レンズ５と皮膚面との距離を一定
に保持して球レンズ５で集光したレーザ光のビームウエ
ストがちょうど皮膚面にくるようにする。The hair removing actuator 2 functions as a spacer so that the beam waist of the laser beam focused by the ball lens 5 is exactly on the skin surface while keeping the distance between the ball lens 5 and the skin surface constant. To do.
【００１２】ヒートシンク４は、半導体レーザダイオー
ド３の動作時の発熱を熱伝導によって拡散させて性能の
低下を抑える。このため、熱伝導効率のよいアルミある
いはその合金で鋳造し、ダミーの通孔をいくつか設けて
放熱効率を高める。The heat sink 4 diffuses the heat generated during the operation of the semiconductor laser diode 3 by heat conduction and suppresses the deterioration of the performance. Therefore, it is cast from aluminum or its alloy having a high heat conduction efficiency, and some dummy through holes are provided to enhance the heat radiation efficiency.
【００１３】半導体レーザダイオード３は、ＧａＡｓ
（ガリウムアルセナイド）などの化合物半導体を用いた
ＰＮ接合ダイオードに直接電流を流して励起し、ピーク
波長６００〜１６００ｎｍ、光出力５ｍＷ〜３Ｗのレー
ザ光を出力し、皮膚に十分な光熱反応を起こす。また、
熱反応のほかに、光電気反応、光磁気反応、光力学反
応、光化学反応、光免疫反応、光酵素反応などを起こ
し、光生物学的活性化により生体組織の新陳代謝を促し
て皮膚血行を高め、適正なパワー密度で生体組織を損傷
する作用はなく、皮膚に障害を起こす危険性はない。The semiconductor laser diode 3 is made of GaAs.
A current is directly applied to a PN junction diode that uses a compound semiconductor such as (gallium arsenide) to excite it, and a laser beam with a peak wavelength of 600 to 1600 nm and an optical output of 5 mW to 3 W is output to cause sufficient photothermal reaction on the skin. Wake up. Also,
In addition to thermal reaction, it causes photoelectric reaction, photomagnetic reaction, photodynamic reaction, photochemical reaction, photoimmune reaction, photoenzymatic reaction, etc., and promotes the metabolism of living tissues by photobiological activation to enhance skin blood circulation. , With proper power density, it has no effect on tissue damage and there is no risk of skin damage.
【００１４】本発明のレーザ脱毛プローブは以上のよう
な構成で、脱毛トリートメントを行うときは、まず、電
源をオンにして電気毛抜き器を駆動し、毛抜きアクチュ
エータ２の先端を皮膚に押し当ててプローブをゆっくり
移動する。プローブの移動に連動して移動方向の反対側
にある半導体レーザダイオード３が点灯し、これにより
常に毛を引き抜いた後の皮膚にレーザ光が照射される。The laser epilation probe of the present invention is constructed as described above. When performing epilation treatment, first, the power is turned on to drive the electric epilator, and the tip of the epilation actuator 2 is pressed against the skin to probe. Move slowly. The semiconductor laser diode 3 on the opposite side of the moving direction is turned on in association with the movement of the probe, and the skin after the hair is pulled out is constantly irradiated with the laser light.
【００１５】[0015]
【発明の効果】以上説明したように、本発明のレーザ脱
毛プローブは、レーザ光を照射するプローブの先端に毛
抜き手段を備えて毛を引き抜いた後の皮膚にレーザ光を
照射する。従って、本発明によれば、毛を引き抜いた後
の毛穴内の黒い毛の因子に対しレーザ光を当てるので、
レーザ光の邪魔になる皮膚表面に出た毛がなく、確実に
レーザ光が毛を生み出す組織を破壊するので、高い脱毛
効果が得られる。また、本発明によれば、レーザ脱毛の
前に行うべき除毛とレーザ光の照射が同時にできるの
で、脱毛トリートメントの効率が向上すると共に、仕上
がりがきれいで効果的な脱毛トリートメントができるよ
うになる。As described above, according to the present invention, a laser hair removal probe of the present invention irradiates a laser beam on the skin after had disconnect pulling the hairs comprise tweezers means at the tip of the probe is irradiated with a laser beam. Therefore, according to the present invention, after you were unplug pull the hair
Since the laser light is applied to the black hair factor in the pores of
There is no hair on the skin surface that interferes with the laser light, and the laser light surely destroys the tissue that produces the hair, so a high hair removal effect is obtained. Further, according to the present invention, since the hair removal to be performed before the laser hair removal and the irradiation of the laser light can be performed at the same time, the efficiency of the hair removal treatment is improved, and the hair removal treatment can be performed effectively with a clean finish. .
【図１】本発明を実施したレーザ脱毛プローブの正面図
である。FIG. 1 is a front view of a laser hair removal probe embodying the present invention.
【図２】図１の一部を切り欠いた側面図である。FIG. 2 is a side view in which a part of FIG. 1 is cut away.
【図３】光ファイバを用いてレーザ光を線状に照射する
プローブの構成図である。FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a probe that linearly irradiates laser light using an optical fiber.
１ レーザ脱毛プローブ ２ 毛抜きアクチュエータ ３ 半導体レーザダイオード ４ ヒートシンク ５ 球レンズ ６ 結合モジュール ７ 太径光ファイバ ８ 光カプラ ９ 細径光ファイバ ａ 通孔 1 Laser hair removal probe 2 Hair removal actuator 3 Semiconductor laser diode 4 heat sink 5 ball lens 6 coupling module 7 Large diameter optical fiber 8 Optical coupler 9 Small diameter optical fiber a through hole
フロントページの続き (56)参考文献 特開 平11−169226（ＪＰ，Ａ) 特開 平４−314403（ＪＰ，Ａ) 登録実用新案3028988（ＪＰ，Ｕ) (58)調査した分野(Int.Cl.7，ＤＢ名) A45D 26/00 A61B 18/20 Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP-A-11-169226 (JP, A) JP-A-4-314403 (JP, A) Registered utility model 3028988 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl . 7 , DB name) A45D 26/00 A61B 18/20
Claims (2)
抜き手段を備えると共に、前記毛抜き手段の移動方向の反対側にレーザ光照射手段
を備え、当該レーザ光照射手段を点灯し、 しかして毛を引き抜いた後の皮膚にレーザ光を照射する
ことを特徴とするレーザ脱毛プローブ。1. A hair is attached to the tip of a probe for irradiating laser light.
Equipped with a removal meansAlong with,Laser light irradiation means on the side opposite to the moving direction of the hair removing means
And turning on the laser light irradiation means, And then the hairIrradiate the skin with laser light after withdrawal
Characterized byLaser hair removal probe.
求項１記載のレーザ脱毛プローブ。2. The laser hair removal probe according to claim 1, wherein the hair removing device is an electric hair removing device.
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