Multifunctional Beauty Device Integrating RF Heating and Negative Pressure Cupping

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing beauty devices typically have single functions and cannot perform multiple beauty operations simultaneously, limiting their universality and effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

A multifunctional beauty device with a base, annular separator plate, negative pressure cavity, bipolar contact electrodes, microcurrent electrodes, massage post, and heating module, allowing for deep heating, microcurrent stimulation, and negative pressure cupping, along with a handpiece design for convenient use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple functional modules are integrated into one device, then the universality and beauty operation capabilities are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebeauty operation capabilitiesVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates multiple beauty therapy functional modules (negative pressure cupping, bipolar RF heating, microcurrent stimulation, and massage) into a single unified device. The base structure incorporates all these functions simultaneously, allowing the device to perform various beauty operations on different body parts without requiring multiple separate devices, thus resolving the contradiction by merging functions while maintaining manageable complexity through integrated design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The device is designed as a universal beauty instrument that can perform multiple beauty operations including cupping, heating, microcurrent stimulation, and massage. The base structure with its multiple functional modules enables the device to adapt to different treatment needs and body locations, achieving high versatility while the integrated design keeps the overall complexity controlled

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If heating module is added to preheat metal components, then user comfort is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecold metal discomfortVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The heating module is designed to preheat the metal components (bipolar contact electrodes, microcurrent electrodes, and massage post) before they come into contact with the user's skin. This preliminary heating action prevents the discomfort caused by cold metal during winter or in cold environments, while the heating function is integrated into the base structure rather than added as a separate external device, thus minimizing the increase in overall device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables a range of beauty functions to be synthesized, enhancing universality and user experience by providing deep heating, microcurrent stimulation, and massage, while preventing discomfort from cold metal contact.

Implementation Method 1

a negative pressure air hole penetrating through the base and communicating with the negative pressure cavity, where the negative pressure air hole is configured to connect a negative pressure generator to form a negative pressure in the negative pressure cavity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectNegative pressure: Pressure Gradient

Implementation Method 2

a plurality of bipolar contact electrodes arranged on one side of the annular separator plate and connected to the base, where the bipolar contact electrodes are configured to connect a bipolar radio-frequency (RF) generator

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectBipolar radio-frequency heating: Dielectric Heating

Implementation Method 3

a plurality of microcurrent electrodes arranged on one side of the annular separator plate and connected to the base, where the microcurrent electrodes are configured to connect a low-intermediate frequency amplitude-modulation synthesizer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMicrocurrent stimulation: Electrical Impedance Tomography

Implementation Method 4

a heating module arranged on the other surface of the base opposite to the annular separator plate and configured to preheat the bipolar contact electrodes, the microcurrent electrodes and the massage post

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal heating: Heating

Data Source

PatentUS20230390553A1Multifunctional beauty device and handpiece of beauty instrument
Publication Date: 2023.12.07 SHANGHAI CICI BEAUTY & SLIM IND CO LTD
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AI summary

A multifunctional beauty device includes: a base, where one surface of the base is provided with an annular separator plate, and a negative pressure cavity is formed between the annular separator plate and the base; a negative pressure air hole communicating with the negative pressure cavity and configured to connect a negative pressure generator; a plurality of bipolar contact electrodes arranged on one side of the annular separator plate and connected to the base; a plurality of microcurrent electrodes arranged on one side of the annular separator plate and connected to the base; a massage post arranged on one side of the annular separator plate and connected to the base; and a heating module arranged on the other surface of the base opposite to the annular separator plate and configured to preheat the bipolar contact electrodes, the microcurrent electrodes and the massage post.