KR101636365B1 - Apparatus and method for skin treatment - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a skin care operation apparatus which includes: a hand piece part having an accommodating space for skin tissues to be treated; a marking generation part making a treatment standard marking on the skin tissue so as to identify a treatment area on the skin tissue; a high-frequency therapeutic apparatus carrying out a high-frequency therapeutic apparatus on the treatment area; and a controlling part determining whether the treatment target in the treatment area is located on a standard area of the treatment standard marking based on the treatment standard marking and controlling the high-frequency therapeutic apparatus so that the treatment target is included in the high-frequency therapeutic area.

Description

[0001] Apparatus and method for skin treatment [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a skin beauty treatment device and a skin beauty treatment method using the same.

In general, acne is a chronic inflammatory disease of the hair follicular gland, which causes various skin changes such as cotton (hardened follicles in the hair follicles), papules, pus, and nodules, resulting in a concave scar or enlarged scar do.

Generally, acne can be promoted by the correlation between sebaceous glands and pores, mainly due to excessive secretion of sebum, abnormal keratosis of pores, bacterial growth and inflammation.

To remove these acne, you can remove it using your hands, remove the sebum using a cotton swab or other pressurizing equipment, but this can cause damage to your skin or injury. It acts as a cause of scarring.

In order to solve this problem, an acne removal device is on the market, but it is not only visually recognizable to the acne area but also can be burdensome to the user because of its large size and high price.

Prior art relating to the present invention is Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2013-0061321 (Publication Date: 2013.06.11), and the prior art discloses a technique for removing acne or sebum.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for skin beauty treatment that enable skin beauty treatment to be performed on an accurate treatment target.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for skin beauty treatment which can perform a skin beauty treatment using a blue LED or an eyelid together with a high frequency treatment.

The present invention relates to a handpiece comprising: a handpiece part having a receiving space for receiving a skin tissue to be treated; A marker generator for generating a treatment reference marker on the skin tissue such that a treatment area is defined on the skin tissue; A high frequency treatment device for performing high frequency treatment on the treatment area; And a controller for determining whether the treatment target in the treatment area is located in a reference area of the treatment reference mark based on the treatment reference mark and controlling the high frequency treatment device so that the treatment target is included in the high frequency treatment area Thereby providing a skin beauty treatment device including the skin care device.

The high frequency treatment device may include a needle RF therapeutic device.

And a suction unit for sucking and storing the skin tissue including the treatment area into the accommodation space by providing a suction pressure to the accommodation space.

And a photographing unit photographing the skin tissue including the treatment reference mark, wherein the control unit judges an image photographed by the photographing unit so that the center of the treatment reference mark is positioned at the center of the defined treatment region It is preferable to move the treatment center of the high frequency treatment apparatus to the center of the treatment region.

Wherein the mark generation unit comprises: a photomask in which a pattern corresponding to the treatment reference mark is formed; And an illuminated light irradiator for irradiating the optical mask with the mark light so as to form the treatment reference mark.

The treatment area preferably includes acne, and the treatment light preferably includes a blue LED having a wavelength range of 400 nm to 450 nm.

The treatment reference mark may include at least one of a cross, a grid, a square, and a circle and an ellipse.

And a treatment light irradiator for irradiating treatment light to the treatment area. The treatment light irradiator comprising: a first treatment light irradiator for irradiating an IPL toward the treatment area; And a second therapeutic light irradiator for irradiating a blue LED toward the treatment area.

The present invention also provides a method of treating a skin condition, the method comprising: generating a treatment reference mark on a skin operation to be treated, and defining a treatment area on the skin tissue; Determining whether a treatment target in the treatment area is located in a reference area of the treatment reference mark based on the treatment reference mark; And performing the high frequency treatment so that the reference therapeutic range of the high frequency treatment is included in the treatment target.

Wherein the treatment region comprises at least one of acne bacteria, hair follicle mites, and impurities, the treatment reference mark includes a central portion of the treatment region, and the step of performing the high frequency treatment comprises the steps of applying a needle RTI ID = 0.0 > RF). ≪ / RTI >

The step of defining the treatment area may include inhaling the skin tissue in the treatment area.

And irradiating the treatment region with the treatment light. The step of irradiating the treatment light may include irradiating a blue LED having a wavelength range of 400 nm to 450 nm.

The method of claim 1, further comprising irradiating the treatment region with treatment light, wherein irradiating the treatment light comprises: irradiating an IPL toward the treatment region; and irradiating the treatment region with a blue LED ).

The present invention also provides a handpiece comprising: a handpiece having a receiving space in which a tissue to be treated is received; A marker generator for generating a treatment reference marker on the skin tissue such that a treatment area is defined on the skin tissue; A photographing unit photographing the skin tissue including the treatment reference mark; A high frequency treatment device for performing high frequency treatment on the treatment area; A treatment light irradiator for irradiating treatment light to the treatment area; And

And a monitoring unit for displaying the image photographed by the photographing unit in real time.

The present invention has an effect of enabling a correct treatment to be performed on a treatment target in a treatment area by providing a mark producing part for defining a treatment area in the skin tissue.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of performing a high-frequency treatment using a single device and a light treatment using blue LED or IPL.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an acne treatment process of the skin beauty treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a perspective view showing a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an internal structure of a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a marker generating unit of a skin beauty treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a high frequency treatment device of a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
7 is a view for explaining the operation of the skin beauty treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a skin cosmetic treatment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving it will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed herein but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual view illustrating a process of treating acne in a skin care treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a handpiece unit 2 for allowing the user to remove the acne 2 while checking the user's skin beauty treatment site in real- (100).

That is, the handpiece unit 100 removes the user's own acne 2 by himself / herself while checking the position of the acne 2 generated in the user's skin tissue 1 to be treated in real time through the monitoring unit 700 To be able to do so.

The handpiece unit 100 is detachably attached to the main body 10 and has a receiving space A which is opened at the bottom to receive the skin tissue 1 to be treated.

The handpiece unit 100 is connected to the main body 10 through the suction line 100a and thereby the sucking of the suction member (not shown) provided in the main body 10 during driving of the suction unit 500 So that the pressure can be transmitted to the handpiece unit 100.

The handpiece unit 100 is mounted on a cradle (not shown) provided on the main body 10, and the cradle (not shown) is recessed from the upper surface of the main body 10, Is formed in such a manner that it can hang the handpiece part (100).

In addition, the handpiece unit 100 is provided at its end with a handle 110 having a predetermined length for gripping by the user. The handle 110 is provided with a non-slip member (not shown) ) May be installed.

The handpiece unit 100 is provided with a photographing unit 200, a marker generating unit 300, a high frequency treatment device 400, a suction unit 500, And a curing light irradiator 600 are installed in the main body 100. The above-mentioned plurality of configurations will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 3 to 7, which will be described later.

2 (a) to 2 (c), the skin cosmetic treatment process of the present invention will be conceptually described.

The skin beauty treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention has a function of treating and sterilizing the acne 2 generated at the site after the front end portion of the handpiece 100 is brought into close contact with the skin tissue 1 to be treated .

For this, as shown in FIG. 2A, in this embodiment, the handpiece 100 can be brought into close contact with the acne generation site S of the skin tissue 1 to be treated first.

At this time, when the treatment target skin tissue 1 is brought into close contact with the accommodation space A formed in the handpiece unit 100, the handpiece unit 100 is operated using the vacuum sound pressure as shown in FIG. 2 (b) It is possible to suck up sebum residues that are caught in the place where acne (2) is generated.

Here, the sebum residue sucked as described above is discharged to the outside of the handpiece unit 100 through the suction line 100a.

 Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the blue light can be irradiated toward the scum and acne occurrence site (acne skin tissue) drawn out of the skin through the vacuum sound pressure.

When the blue light, which is a blue light having a wavelength ranging from 400 nm to 450 nm, is irradiated toward the region where the acne (2) exits from the epidermis, sterilization treatment can be performed on the treatment site, It is possible to minimize the possibility that a wound has occurred.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an outer appearance of a handpiece unit of a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the internal structure of a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a high frequency treatment device of a skin beauty treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the high frequency treatment device of the skin care treatment device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the operation of the skin beauty treatment apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG.

3 and 4, the acne self treatment apparatus includes a handpiece unit 100, a photographing unit 200, a landmark generating unit 300, a high frequency treatment device 400, a suction unit 500, And an irradiator 600.

Here, the handpiece unit 100 will be omitted since it has been described above with reference to the detailed description with reference to FIGS.

The photographing unit 200 is disposed inside the handpiece unit 100 and is configured to photograph the treatment target skin tissue 1 contained in the accommodation space A. [

The photographing unit 200 is installed on the main body 10 and is connected to the monitoring unit 700 that receives the photographed images from the photographing unit 200 and displays the images in real time, The position of the acne 2 generated in the skin tissue 1 to be treated can be effectively confirmed through the unit 700.

If the user wishes to remove the acne 2 on his / her face by himself or herself, the position of the acne 2 can not be grasped visually without a mirror, and even if there is a mirror, If you remove the acne (2) using a tool that can be used, it can injure your skin and damage your skin.

Therefore, the acne self-treatment method according to the present embodiment allows the monitoring unit 700 to check the image of the procedure target skin tissue 1 photographed through the photographing unit 200 in real time, 2) can be grasped accurately.

Here, the photographing unit 200 in the present embodiment is preferably connected to the monitoring unit 700, which is separately coupled to the main body 10, so that the user can see the image of the skin tissue 1 to be treated in real time, And may be connected to a smart device (not shown) of the user via Bluetooth or the like.

Accordingly, the smart device (not shown) can be positioned at a position where the user can visually see the image with the other hand that does not grip the handpiece part 100 regardless of the position of the main body 10, It is possible to effectively remove the acne 2 generated in the treatment target skin tissue 1 through the suction unit 500, which will be described later.

The marker generating unit 300 is installed to irradiate light toward a photomask 340 provided in an upper portion of the accommodating space A of the handpiece unit 100 so that the photographing unit 200 1), the grid is irradiated onto the skin tissue 1 to be treated.

5, the mark generation unit 300 irradiates the light onto the photomask 340 having the grid shape (#) using the landmark light irradiator 320, (1) to generate a treatment reference mark.

The marker generation unit 300 is provided to reliably grasp the position of the acne 2 generated by the user in the skin tissue 1 to be treated. The marker generation unit 300 irradiates acne 2 ), It is possible to drive the high frequency treatment device 400 to be described later so that the fine holes are drilled in the acne 2.

In the present embodiment, the marker generating unit 300 irradiates light with the light mask 340 to form a grid-shaped treatment reference mark on the skin tissue 1 to be treated. However, The mask 340 may include any one of a cross, a grid, a square, a circle, and an elliptic pattern as a treatment reference mark.

The high frequency treatment device 400 is installed in the receiving space A of the handpiece unit 100 and is inserted into the acne 2 to ascend and descend toward the treatment target skin tissue 1 to perform a high frequency treatment with a needle RF ) ≪ / RTI >

To this end, the high frequency therapy apparatus 400 includes a needle hub 410 and a guide rod 420 as shown in FIG.

The needle hub 410 has a plurality of needles 410a at one end thereof, and a drug injection space is formed therein.

That is, the needle hub 410 is provided for puncturing the microholes in the acne 2 of the treatment target skin tissue 1, thereby allowing the medicine stored in the drug injection space to penetrate into the inside of the acne 2, Removal effect can be obtained.

The needle hub 410 is positioned such that the end of the needle 410a faces the center of the projected grid of the skin tissue 1 to be treated, The microholes can be punctured on the surface of the acne 2 without adjusting the position of the separate needle 410a.

The high frequency treatment device 400 is controlled by a control unit (not shown) and determines whether a treatment target (for example, acne) is located in the reference region of the treatment reference mark on the basis of the treatment reference mark, It is preferable that the treatment target of the high frequency treatment device 400 is controlled to include the treatment target.

The needle hub 410 is lifted and lowered under the condition that the needle hub 410 is fitted to the guide rod 420 to be described later by the control of the driving unit 130 provided on the handle 110 of the handpiece unit 100, ON / OFF can be controlled by the user's pressing operation.

The guide rod 420 is coupled to the needle hub 410 and is capable of varying the position of the needle hub 410 so that the needle hub 410 can be slid toward the acne 2 generation position of the skin tissue 1 to be treated. .

The outer circumferential surface of the guide rod 420 may be formed as a thread and the inner circumferential surface of the needle hub 412 may be formed as a thread so that when the needle hub 412 slides, The fine length adjustment may be possible, and thus the position of the plurality of needles 410a may also be rotated.

The suction unit 500 is connected to the accommodation space A and provides a suction pressure to the accommodation space A to suck the acne 2 generated in the treatment target skin tissue 1.

The suction unit 500 may be connected to the suction port 120 provided inside the handle 110 of the handpiece unit 100 with an inclination so as to suck air inside the accommodation space A.

7, the suction unit 500 selectively sucks air in the accommodation space A under the control of a driving unit 130 provided separately on the handle 110 of the handpiece unit 100, And the driver 130 can be controlled to be turned on / off by the user's pressing operation.

The treatment light irradiator 600 is installed inside the handpiece part 100 and irradiates treatment light to the treatment area.

That is, since the treatment light irradiator 600 is preset to the irradiation path so as to face the center of the treatment reference mark projected in the light mask 340, it is confirmed that the acne 2 is located at the center of the treatment reference mark, When the acne 2 is sucked through the part 500, the irradiation path of the blue light is directed toward the center of the treatment reference mark without a separate irradiation path adjustment.

When it is confirmed by the control unit that the operation of the suction unit 500 is completed, the treatment light is irradiated to the acne suction position through the accommodation space A along the irradiation path by the treatment light irradiator 600, It is possible to minimize the possibility of causing a wound at the acne sucking position.

In addition, the treatment light irradiator 600 can irradiate an Intense Pulse Light (IPL) together with the blue light.

For this purpose, the treatment light irradiator 600 may include a first treatment light irradiator for irradiating the IPL and a second treatment light irradiator for irradiating the blue LED.

IPL (IPL) is a complex light of a wide wavelength range is known to bring about improvement in overall skin condition. A single-wavelength laser can treat only one skin defect that is effective for each of the blood vessels, wrinkles, pigment, hair removal, etc. However, the IPL laser affects various troubles existing in the skin, Can be used for multipurpose purposes.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a skin cosmetic treatment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the method of treating skin beauty according to the present invention includes a treatment region defining step S100, a target position determining step S200, a high frequency treatment performing step S300, and a treatment light irradiation step S400 do.

The treatment area defining step S100 is a step of creating a treatment reference mark on the skin tissue to be treated and defining a treatment area on the skin tissue.

The treatment area may include at least one of acne bacteria, hair follicles, and impurities.

The treatment reference mark includes a central portion of the treatment area.

In the treatment region defining step S100, the skin tissue in the treatment area may be inhaled.

The target position determination step (S200) is a step of determining whether the treatment target in the treatment area is located in the reference area of the treatment reference mark based on the treatment reference mark.

In the high frequency treatment execution step S300, the high frequency treatment is performed so that the reference treatment range of the high frequency treatment is included in the treatment target.

The control unit identifies the treatment region, determines whether the identified treatment region is located in the reference region of the generated treatment reference marker, adjusts the position of the treatment unit so that the treatment target is positioned at the center of the treatment region, . When the RF treatment device is a needle RF, the center of the needle RF is aligned with the treatment target, and the RF treatment is performed.

The treatment light irradiation step (S400) may be performed by irradiating a blue LED having a wavelength range of 400 nm to 450 nm. It is also possible to irradiate an IPL (IPL) towards the treatment area.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many modifications may be made thereto, It will be understood that all or some of the elements (s) may be optionally constructed in combination. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

1: Targeted skin tissue 2: Acne
A: accommodation space 10: main body
100: Handpiece part 100a: Suction line
110: handle 120: suction port
130: driving unit 200:
300: a marker generating unit 320: a marker light irradiator
340: optical mask 400: high frequency therapeutic apparatus
410: Needle hub 410a: Needle
420: Guide rod 500: Suction part
600: Therapeutic light irradiator 700: Monitoring section

Claims (14)

A handpiece portion having a receiving space in which the tissue to be treated is received;
A marker generator for generating a treatment reference marker on the skin tissue such that a treatment area is defined on the skin tissue;
A high frequency treatment device for performing high frequency treatment on the treatment area; And
And a control unit for determining whether the treatment target in the treatment area is located in the reference area of the treatment reference mark based on the treatment reference mark and controlling the high frequency treatment device to include the treatment target in the high frequency treatment area A skin care treatment device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the high frequency treatment device includes a needle RF therapeutic device.
The method according to claim 1,
And a suction unit for sucking and containing the skin tissue including the treatment area into the accommodation space by providing a suction pressure to the accommodation space.
The method according to claim 1,
And a photographing unit photographing the skin tissue including the treatment reference mark,
Wherein the control unit judges the image photographed by the photographing unit and moves the treatment center of the high frequency treatment device to the center of the treatment area when the center of the treatment reference mark is located at the central part of the treatment area defined above Skin beauty treatment device.
The method according to claim 1,
The marker generation unit
A photomask in which a pattern corresponding to the treatment reference mark is formed; And
And a mark light irradiator for irradiating the light mask with the mark light so as to form the treatment reference mark.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a therapeutic light irradiator for irradiating therapeutic light to the treatment area,
Wherein the treatment area comprises acne,
Wherein the treatment light comprises a blue LED having a wavelength range of 400 nm to 450 nm.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the treatment reference mark includes at least one of a cross, a grid, a square, and a circle and an ellipse.
The method according to claim 1,
And a treatment light irradiator for irradiating treatment light to the treatment area.
The treatment light irradiator,
A first treatment light irradiator for irradiating an IPL toward the treatment area; And
And a second therapeutic light irradiator for irradiating the blue LED toward the treatment area.
Creating a treatment reference mark on the skin tissue to be treated to define a treatment area on the skin tissue;
Determining whether a treatment target in the treatment area is located in a reference area of the treatment reference mark based on the treatment reference mark; And
And performing the high frequency treatment so that the standard therapeutic range of the high frequency treatment is included in the treatment target.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the treatment area comprises at least one of an acne bacterium, a hair follicle mite, and an impurity,
Wherein the treatment reference mark comprises a central portion of the treatment area,
Wherein performing the high frequency therapy includes matching the treatment center of the needle RF to the treatment target.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein defining the treatment area comprises inhaling skin tissue in the treatment area.
10. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising the step of irradiating therapeutic light to the treatment area,
Wherein the step of irradiating the therapeutic light comprises irradiating a blue LED having a wavelength range of 400 nm to 450 nm.
10. The method of claim 9,
Further comprising the step of irradiating therapeutic light to the treatment area,
Wherein the step of irradiating the therapeutic light comprises:
Irradiating an IPL towards the treatment area,
And irradiating the blue LED toward the treatment area.
A handpiece portion having a receiving space in which the tissue to be treated is received;
A marker generator for generating a treatment reference marker on the skin tissue such that a treatment area is defined on the skin tissue;
A photographing unit photographing the skin tissue including the treatment reference mark;
A high frequency treatment device for performing high frequency treatment on the treatment area;
A treatment light irradiator for irradiating treatment light to the treatment area; And
And a monitoring unit for displaying the image photographed by the photographing unit in real time.

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