Automated Cellulite Treatment Device with Piston Chambers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cellulite treatment methods, such as those using the 'Cellu m6' device, require a professional operator and are expensive, tedious, and only partially effective due to the need for manual palpating-rolling movements.
Innovation Solution
A cellulite treatment device that automates the process by creating a depression in the skin and applying positive pressure through a series of chambers with pistons, allowing for controlled vacuum and pressure cycles, eliminating the need for an operator and enhancing treatment efficacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual palpating-rolling movements are used for cellulite treatment, then treatment effectiveness is improved, but operator fatigue and labor costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device enables self-service treatment by automating the palpating-rolling movements through motorized rollers, eliminating the need for manual operator intervention while maintaining treatment effectiveness. The system performs the therapeutic movements autonomously on the user's body.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical system of operator hands with an automated mechanical system consisting of motorized rollers and a movable platform, thereby eliminating operator fatigue while preserving the therapeutic mechanical actions.
2Reliability
If professional operator presence is required for cellulite treatment, then treatment quality is improved, but labor costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device is designed to provide automated treatment without requiring professional operator presence during the treatment session. The system includes automated control mechanisms that manage the rollers and platform movement, enabling unattended operation while maintaining treatment quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The device replicates the therapeutic palpating-rolling movements traditionally performed by professionals through automated mechanical means, capturing the essential treatment actions in a self-operating system that eliminates the need for continuous human supervision.
3Ease of operation
If automated piston chambers are used for skin depression and percussion, then operator fatigue is eliminated, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into integrated piston chambers that simultaneously create skin depression and deliver percussion impulses. The chambers integrate vacuum generation, piston movement, and skin contact functions, reducing the number of separate components needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The piston chambers serve multiple therapeutic functions: creating negative pressure for skin suction, generating percussion impulses through piston impact, and controlling treatment intensity. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate devices for each treatment modality.
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
The device achieves treatment outcomes comparable to or exceeding traditional methods while reducing operator fatigue and labor costs, providing a more efficient and effective cellulite reduction and skin elasticity improvement.
Implementation Method 1
a means for placing a part of the skin of the user under depression
Implementation Method 2
a means for releasing the depression and placing said part of the skin under positive relative pressure, comprising a plurality of chambers provided with a piston configured to impact the user's skin
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device for treating cellulite and stretch marks, comprising: a means (205, 215, 250) for placing a portion of the skin of the user under negative pressure; a means (205, 220, 50) for releasing the negative pressure and for placing said portion of the skin under relative positive pressure, comprising a plurality of chambers provided with a piston designed to strike the skin of the user; and a means for controlling the negative pressure means and the pressure-release and positive-pressure means in order to produce cycles during which the negative pressure means and the pressure-release and positive-pressure means operate consecutively. In certain embodiments, the release means comprises a cylinder controlling the position of the piston or the negative-pressure means comprises at least one chamber which is provided, on one side, with a connection to a chamber placed under relative negative pressure.