Image-Guided Coagulation Spot Layout for Consistent Skin Contraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional energy-based devices for facial wrinkle lifting fail to consistently contract skin areas as expected due to reliance on operator experience and intuition, and do not optimize contraction based on anatomical location information.
Innovation Solution
An energy-based device with a communication part, processor, and energy emission part that analyzes skin images, determines contraction centers, and controls energy emission to create coagulation spots in an anisotropic arrangement pattern, optimizing contraction based on anatomical location information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional energy-based devices are used based on operator experience and intuition, then the device can be operated with simple control, but the skin area contraction is inconsistent and cannot be optimized based on anatomical location information
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs preliminary actions by capturing skin images and analyzing anatomical location information before treatment, determining optimal coagulation spot arrangements in advance based on the specific treatment zone characteristics, thereby ensuring consistent and optimized skin contraction without requiring complex real-time adjustments during operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/operator-dependent system with an automated image processing and control system. The processor analyzes skin images to determine anatomical location information and automatically controls the energy emission part to generate coagulation spots in optimized arrangements, eliminating reliance on operator experience and intuition
2Adaptability or versatility
If coagulation spots are generated in random or uniform patterns, then the device operation is simple, but the treatment cannot be optimized for specific anatomical locations and contraction effectiveness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The device applies local quality by generating coagulation spots in different arrangement patterns tailored to specific anatomical locations. The processor analyzes skin images to identify treatment zone characteristics and determines optimal coagulation spot arrangements specific to each anatomical region, ensuring localized optimization of skin contraction effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by capturing skin images, analyzing anatomical location information, and using this information to determine and adjust the coagulation spot arrangement pattern. The control system continuously monitors treatment zone characteristics and optimizes the energy emission pattern based on the analyzed anatomical data
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 enables consistent and optimized skin area contraction regardless of operator skill, aligning with anatomical location information for improved treatment outcomes.
Implementation Method 1
The energy-based device forms a coagulation spot by applying energy to a target point of the reticular dermis layer. In this case, the reticular dermis layer which is within a range where a coagulation phenomenon occurs around a target point contracts in a direction facing the corresponding coagulation spot
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AI summary
Disclosed is an energy-based device which generate coagulation spots in an anisotropic arrangement pattern. The energy-based device includes a communication part that to performs communication with an image capturing device capturing an image of a skin, and a processor that controls an operation associated with asymmetrical area contraction of the skin.