Skin treatment device

US8518001B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Erik John Hasenoehrl · Loveland, US
• Keith David Fanta · Middletown, US
• Helen Rochelle Kemp · Cincinnati, US
• Aleksey Mikhailovich Pinyayev · Lancaster, US
• John Andrew McDaniel · Middletown, US
• Paul John Edward Vernon · Sharonville, US
• Paul Robert Tanner · Lebanon, US
• Linda Eva Cortina · Mason, US
• Nancy Lorincz Leppla · Loveland, US
• Dean Zimmerman · Sharonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2800/87
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A personal skin polishing or microdermabrasion device having a convenient form factor with a applicator attached to a contoured housing with a handle portion. The housing contains a battery, a cordless motor and a gear box to provide an appropriate rotational velocity to the output shaft that is coupled to the applicator. The applicator may be a foam material selected to cushion the skin from excessive abrasion to the particles in a personal care composition to be used with device, and to have a porosity that will enable the foam to interact with the particles and enhance the skin polishing effect.