WO2021187078A1

WO2021187078A1 - Beauty instrument and treating method

Info

Publication number: WO2021187078A1
Application number: PCT/JP2021/007831
Authority: WO
Inventors: 忠椎橋
Original assignee: メトラス株式会社
Priority date: 2020-03-16
Filing date: 2021-03-02
Publication date: 2021-09-23
Also published as: JP2021145693A; JP6966107B2

Abstract

This beauty instrument 100 roughly comprises: a glove 10 that a treating person wears on his/her hand; and an EMS device 50. The glove 10 has: a first fingerstall 12 for inserting a thumb; and a second fingerstall 14 for inserting an index finger. When the fingers of a treating person are inserted into the first and second fingerstalls 12, 14, a first stimulus generation section 16 and a second stimulus generation section 18 are respectively provided outside of portions abutting the pads of the fingers. Small currents due to EMS flow through the stimulus generation sections. The treating person performs a treatment by gripping and lifting an affected portion with fingers.

Description

Beauty equipment and treatment method

The present invention relates to a beauty device that acts on human skin and a treatment method using the same.

It is said that Cleopatra did not miss a bath in the Dead Sea. He knew that the Dead Sea contained plenty of minerals and had a high skin-beautifying effect. Humankind's desire for beauty, which has remained unchanged since ancient times, has led to various technological advances in recent years, which has also increased the demand for beauty.

Beauty has an aspect of fighting aging. Various techniques have been tested for the reconstruction and regeneration of anti-aging skin, that is, remodeling, and hyaluronic acid injection and botox injection have also become famous. On the other hand, there is also a medical question as to whether chemical products can be accumulated in the body for many years.

Bones and muscles are weakened by aging. There are also some problematic areas on the face, such as corrugator supercilii and orbicularis oculi muscles on the bones near the eyebrows. It stands out. Ptosis is said to be the cause of headaches and stiff shoulders as well as appearance, and is clearly caused by aging.

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As mentioned above, when avoiding the injection of chemical preparations, there is a method of strengthening muscle strength or improving skin tissue by applying ultrasonic vibration, EMS (Electrical Muscle Stimulation), laser, etc. However, ptosis is around the eye and is generally said to be dangerous, as these stimuli can stimulate the crystalline lens and induce cataracts.

Patent Document 1 proposes a beauty device that eliminates wrinkles and sagging of the skin by fitting a pair of conductive gloves on both hands and passing a weak electric current of an AC waveform on the skin surface. However, since electricity flows through the entire glove, this beauty device is not suitable for performing treatment on a narrow area such as around the eyes. The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and one of the objects thereof is to provide a beauty device that enables highly safe treatment even around the eyes.

The beauty device of the present invention includes a finger cot into which at least the tip of the finger of the hand is inserted, and is located on the outside of the finger cot and at a position corresponding to the position of the pad of the finger when the finger is put into the finger cot, from the skin of the patient to the bone. A stimulus generating part was provided to act on any of the tissues leading to the front, that is, the epidermis, the dermis, the subcutaneous tissue of fat, and the muscle.

In the treatment method of the present invention, a finger cot having a stimulus generating part for acting on any tissue from the patient's epidermis to the front of the bone is fitted to the practitioner's finger, and the finger cot is fitted to the patient's finger. The skin is picked up and the stimulus is generated at the stimulus generating part in that state.

According to the present invention, local treatment can be performed depending on the target location, and as a result, the degree of safety is increased.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the beauty device which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure which the practitioner wears on a finger in a part of the beauty equipment which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure which the practitioner wears on the arm with a part of the beauty equipment which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state of the treatment using the beauty device which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state of the treatment by the conventional EMS. It is a figure which shows another structure which a practitioner wears on a finger in a part of the beauty device which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, the same or equivalent components and members will be designated by the same reference numerals in the drawings, and redundant description will be omitted as appropriate.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the beauty device 100 according to the embodiment is roughly classified into a glove 10 worn by the practitioner on the palm and an EMS device 50. The glove 10 has a first finger cot 12 for inserting a thumb and a second finger cot 14 for inserting an index finger, and these are made of rubber or other insulating material.

When the practitioner's fingers are put into the first and

second finger cots

12 and 14, the first stimulus generating portion 16 and the second stimulating generating portion 18 are provided on the outside of the portion corresponding to each abdomen. These are two electrodes through which a weak current due to EMS flows, and are connected to the EMS device 50 by

cables

26 and 28 that crawl on the inner surface or surface of the glove 10, respectively. The

cables

26 and 28 are bundled and protected by an insulating harness 30.

The first and second

stimulus generating parts

16 and 18 have an area of about the pad of a finger or less because the main target of the present embodiment is a narrow place such as around the eyes. For example, assuming the standard size of a Japanese adult male hand, the first stimulus generating portion 16 is about 10 to 25 mm in length (longitudinal direction of the finger) and about 5 to 12 mm in width. Similarly, the second stimulus generating portion 18 has a length of about 8 to 18 mm and a width of about 3 to 10 mm. With this size, it will be within the range of the pad of each finger, and it is possible to perform a narrow area as intended. Since there is data that the average height of Japanese women is more than 90% of that of Japanese men, for finger cots for women, the vertical and horizontal values of the first and second

stimulus generating parts

16 and 18 are the above-mentioned values, respectively. It is conceivable to make it about 90%. The same consideration is valid for foreigners.

Since the first stimulus generating section 16 and the second stimulus generating section 18 are formed on the outside of the first finger cot 12 and the second finger cot 14, respectively, the practitioner does not need to wear insulating gloves separately. , No need to worry about receiving electrical stimulation.

FIG. 3 shows the appearance of the EMS device 50, which is a structure used by the practitioner by fitting it on the arm 60. The EMS device 50 includes a switch 52 that turns the power on and off, a strength switch 54 that raises and lowers the current strength, an LCD 56 that displays the current strength, and an external adapter (not shown) to a secondary battery (not shown) built in the EMS device 50. It has a charging port 58 for charging from (not shown). The voltage generated by the EMS device 50 is applied to 16 and 18 via the harness 30, and a low frequency weak current flows between these electrodes through the patient's skin. The operating principle of the EMS device 50 is known, and details are omitted.

FIG. 4 shows a practitioner picking up the patient's skin and applying a weak electric current from the EMS device 50 to the skin. Although not shown, the practitioner's thumb presses the first stimulus generating portion 16 and the index finger presses the second stimulus generating portion 18.

Under the patient's skin, bone 70 (Bone "B" in the figure), muscle 72 (Muscle "M" in the figure), and subcutaneous fat 74 (Fat "F" in the figure), in that order from the back. There are dermis and epidermis (Skin "S" in the figure). As shown in the figure, the weak current (dashed arrow in the figure) is difficult to reach the bone 70 due to the picking up by the practitioner, and acts locally on the muscle 72 under the picked up part.

FIG. 5 shows a conventional general procedure without picking up for comparison. The weak current diffuses and part of it goes to the bone 70. It reaches the muscle 72, but tends to be weaker because it acts more widely than in the case of FIG.

When training the corrugator supercilii and orbicularis oculi muscles to improve ptosis, the weak current travels farther from the eyeball and almost perpendicular to the direction toward the eyeball, according to the knob in FIG. , High degree of safety to the eyeball. In particular, the corrugator supercilii muscle and the orbicularis oculi muscle are close to the orbit, and the part is not protected by the bone 70, so that the safety is more important.

As described above, according to the beauty device 100 of the present embodiment, it is possible to perform the treatment by EMS while ensuring the safety by picking up the skin. In addition to improving eyelid ptosis, the beauty device 100 is highly useful when it is desired to locally train muscles while maintaining safety, such as cheeks with conspicuous nasolabial folds and outer corners of eyes with conspicuous wrinkles. Further, according to the present embodiment, an effect can be expected in that the treatment can be performed by utilizing the sensation of the fingertips of a practitioner represented by a cosmetic surgery doctor.

In the present embodiment, the first and second

stimulus generating units

16 and 18 are both positive and negative electrodes, but a pair or more of small positive and negative electrodes are provided in each of them, and the first stimulus generating unit 16 is the first. In the vicinity of the stimulus generation unit 16, the second stimulus generation unit 18 may pass a weak EMS current in the vicinity of the second stimulus generation unit 18, respectively. In this case, the locality of the treatment is further enhanced, and it is easy to ensure safety.

When positive and negative electrodes are provided in the first stimulus generating unit 16, the second stimulus generating unit 18 can be eliminated. The EMS treatment is left only to the first stimulus generator 16. Of course, the reverse is also possible. When one of the first and

second stimulus generators

16 and 18 is eliminated, it is possible to eliminate the finger cot that should be provided with it. However, if the practitioner should not touch the patient's skin directly, the stimulus generator should be removed while leaving the finger cot.

The first finger cot 12 and the second finger cot 14 do not have to be integrated as the glove 10, and may be a type that covers only each fingertip as shown in FIG. The

cables

26 and 28 are bundled into a harness 30, which is fixed by a band 80 attached to the practitioner's wrist. The first finger cot 12 is for the thumb only, but the second finger cot 14 may be a size that can accommodate the middle finger or two of them instead of the index finger. When two pieces are inserted, the second stimulus generating part 18 is about 15 to 25 mm in width based on the finger size of a Japanese adult male.

In this embodiment, electrical stimulation by EMS was considered. However, there are also the following transformation techniques.
(1) Electromagnetic stimulation It is known that a treatment that hits the skin with high frequency waves, especially radio waves, causes heat damage to the collagen layer in the dermis, activates collagen regeneration, and improves sagging and wrinkles of the skin. Therefore, a high frequency generator is adopted instead of the EMS device 50. In that case, the first stimulus generating unit 16 and the second stimulus generating unit 18 may not be positive and negative electrodes, but may be configured to output high-frequency electromagnetic waves, respectively.

In this case as well, the safety of the treatment can be ensured by picking up the eyes and other areas that should not be stimulated. It should be noted that only one of the first stimulus generating unit 16 and the second stimulus generating unit 18 may have this function, and the other may be omitted. This also applies to the following (2) and (3).

(2) Ultrasonic stimulation It is known that applying ultrasonic vibration to the skin has an effect of cleansing the pores of the epidermis and an effect of activating cells up to subcutaneous fat by a deep thermal effect. An ultrasonic wave generator may be adopted instead of the EMS device 50, and ultrasonic waves may be emitted from the first stimulus generating unit 16 and the second stimulus generating unit 18, respectively. In this case as well, there is the same merit as (1).

(3) Light stimulation It is known that when light such as a laser, LED (light emitting diode) of several wavelengths, or flashlight is applied to the skin, spots, freckles, and dullness can be made inconspicuous, and sagging and wrinkles can be improved. ing. Instead of the EMS device 50, a device that generates lasers, LEDs, and other lights is adopted, and the

cables

26 and 28 are made into optical fibers that match the respective frequencies, and the tips are bent to generate the first stimulus generator 16 and the second stimulus. The configuration may be such that light is output from the unit 18. In this case as well, there is the same merit as (1).

(4) Any combination of hybrid type EMS, (1), (2) and (3) is also possible. For example, a pair of electrodes of EMS are provided in the first stimulus generating unit 16, and the treatment by EMS can be performed, and LED light or ultrasonic waves can be applied from the second stimulus generating unit 18.

The present invention has been described above based on the embodiments. The beauty device of the present invention can be used not only on the face but also on the armpits, upper arms, and various other places where sagging is a concern.

12 1st finger cot, 14 2nd finger cot, 16 1st stimulus generator, 18 2nd stimulus generator, 50 EMS device, 100 beauty equipment.

Claims

Equipped with a finger cot that holds at least the tip of the fingers of the hand
On the outside of the finger cot, where the finger pad is located when the finger is placed in the finger cot, a stimulus generator is provided to act on any tissue from the patient's epidermis to the front of the bone. Beauty equipment featuring.
The first finger cot, which contains at least the tip of the thumb,
A second finger cot that contains at least the tip of the index or middle finger,
From the epidermis of the patient to the front of the bone, on the outside of the first or second finger cot, at the location of the pad of the finger when the finger is placed in the first or second finger cot. A beauty device characterized by having a stimulus generating part for acting on tissues.
A beauty device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stimulus generating unit outputs any one of ultrasonic waves, light, electricity, electromagnetic waves, or a combination thereof.
A cosmetological device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the size of the stimulus generating portion is determined according to the assumed size of the practitioner's finger pad.
A finger cot with a stimulus generator to act on any tissue from the patient's epidermis to the front of the bone is fitted to the practitioner's finger.
A treatment method characterized in that the patient's skin is picked up with a finger fitted with a finger cot, and the stimulus is generated at the stimulus generating part in that state.