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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5534003 | Method of removing hair from a localized area of skin by surface electrolysis The present invention relates to a method for removing hair from a localized area of a patient's skin through surface electrolysis. The method of the present invention is non-invasive in that the patient's skin is never penetrated by a needle or the like.... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5470332 | System for permanent removal of multiple hairs Multiple hair removal system includes an adhesive layer, a structural layer disposed adjacent the adhesive layer, and a conductive material. The conductive material functions to provide power from a power source to hairs to be treated that extend up throu... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5419344 | Razor bump electrolysis An electro-medical method for the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae ("razor bumps") through the use of electrolysis. The current invention suggests treating only the visible causative follicles of the above condition, and at least to the point of the... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5376088 | Electronic hair remover An electronic hair remover which uses high radio frequency energy to aid in the removal or treatment of hair. The remover includes a single hand-held casing containing an RF generator in electrical connection to a power source. A pulse timer unit and an i... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5364394 | Method of removing hair from the body and inhibiting future growth Hair is removed from the body and future growth is inhibited by treating the outer surface of the hair so as to reduce RF energy dissipation and permit more RF energy to reach the hair root and thereby damage or destroy the same. The hair is treated with ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5221280 | Electric hair removal device An electric hair removal device includes a holder to be hand-held by the user, and a pair of tweezer arms projecting from one end of the holder for gripping a hair to be removed from the skin in which the hair is growing. An electric power supply is actua... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5169398 | Electronic hair remover An electronic hair remover which uses high radio frequency energy to aid in the removal of treatment of hair. The remover includes a single hand-held casing containing an RF generator in electrical connection to a power source. A pulse timer unit and an i... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5078715 | Depilatory device An electrically powered human hair depilatory device including a hand held portable housing, first and second hair engagement elements defining respective first and second hair engagement surfaces having different surface hardnesses and a motor for drivin... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5026369 | Non-invasive method of removing hair through electrolysis The present invention relates to a method for removing hair from a person through electrolysis. The method of the present invention is totally non-invasive in as much as the patient's skin is never penetrated by a needle or the like. After cleaning a part... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4940466 | Method of electrolysis A method of removing hair by epilation employing thermolysis in which the probe is inserted into the follicle parallel to the hair shaft, applying multiple bursts of energy to the tip of the probe located adjacent the papilla in an amount for each burst n... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4920968 | Needle base with plural needles for subcutaneously applying electric current A needle base device for subcutaneously supplying electric current which simplifies surgical procedures and which saves time for plastic surgery such as hair removal by cauterization and/or coagulation of hair follicles, subcutaneous adipose tissues and/o... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4857069 | Artificial vessel and process for preparing the same An artificial vessel having a compliance and a stress-strain curve approximate to those of a vital vessel, which comprises a porous part of an elastomer having pores which communicate between the inside of the vessel and the outside of the vessel and a tu... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4784136 | Electrical epilation In electrical epilation equipment useful to permanently remove unwanted body hair it is known to have a needle electrode to affect the immediate surroundings of the papilla. In this invention the needle electrode has been adapted to fit into the first arm... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4566454 | Selected frequency hair removal device and method Radio frequency energy is applied to a hair at a selected frequency at which that hair impedance to RF energy conduction is substantially lower than at other RF frequencies, to thereby obtain substantially greater energy conduction capability along the ha... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4550728 | Epilator Epilator apparatus for outputting epilator pulses comprising a radio frequency generator for generating RF energy. A maximum intensity monitor circuit is coupled to the RF generator and a maximum timing monitor circuit is coupled to the RF generator to pr... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4539716 | Fabrication of living blood vessels and glandular tissues A method and apparatus for producing a vessel-equivalent prosthesis is described. A contractile agent such as fibroblast cells, smooth muscle cells or platelets is incorporated into a collagen lattice and contracts the lattice axially around an inner core... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4498474 | Epilation method An epilator system for removing hair, employing a wetting fluid with ionic properties. The ionic wetting fluid is applied to the hair down into the follicle to the papilla and preferably a high-frequency voltage lower than used in conventional epilators i... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4388924 | Method for laser depilation The roots of human hairs of a patient are devitalized using high intensity, short duration pulses of light having wavelengths with respect to which the skin of the patient is non-absorbative and the hair of the patient is relatively absorbative. A narrow,... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4372315 | Impedance sensing epilator An epilator for treating a hair follicle of a subject utilizes a probe into which an RF pulse is applied. Shortly after the pulse is initiated, a measure of the impedance seen by the probe is determined and utilized for the purpose of adjusting the durati... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4321926 | Insertion detecting probe and electrolysis system An electrolysis system having a shortwave power source automatically energized in response to insertion of a cauterizing probe needle into the patient's skin pore or follicle. The system includes a conductive probe and detector circuit which senses a curr... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4317450 | Method of epilation An epilator system comprising the combination of an electric source for applying a regulated voltage to a region of a hair and a wetting solution with ionic properties. For hair removal, the wetting solution with ionic properties is applied to the hair do... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4224944 | Epilation apparatus For the process of epilation by electrocogulation, a solid state circuit for the production of high frequency waves at predetermined timed intervals and intensities, the wave produced having slow rise and decay periods. An integrated circuit charges a tim... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4216775 | Electrolysis hair removal apparatus An electrolysis hair removal apparatus including a stylet adapted to be placed in contact with a papilla to effect destruction of same and further including an indicator for indicating the optimum position of the stylet and the duration that the stylet sh... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4167187 | Dual epilation machine A dual epilator for removal of unwanted hair. Line power is reduced and rectified in a power supply which energizes a timer circuit and an RF amplifier. A timed DC pulse emitted from the timer circuit under an operator's regulation feeds a normally unener... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4155363 | Electronically controlled apparatus for electrolytic depilation Apparatus for "depilation" or "electrolysis" including a current source, a plurality of filament electrodes (needles), and electronic circuitry for individually stabilizing the electrode currents at a predetermined value irrespective of withdrawal of sele... | 05/22/1979 |
| 3999552 | Epilator An epilator comprising a radio frequency signal generator, a high impedance hair gripper, and a shielded transmission line therebetween. The transmission line has a length of 0.15 to 0.50 of a quarter wave length greater than an odd quarter wave length of... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3994300 | Epilation by electrical discharge An epilating device includes an electrically conductive grid adapted to be placed against the skin, to serve as a ground plane, and an array of needle electrodes spaced behind the grid in register with openings in the grid for setting up electrical discha... | 11/30/1976 |
