Methods and devices for aesthetic treatment of biological structures by radiofrequency and magnetic energy
A device for providing a magnetic treatment by evoking muscle contraction by a time-varying magnetic field and providing a RF treatment by heating biological structure. The device may provide a pressure treatment. The device includes an applicator having an RF electrode and a magnetic field generating device. The device may also include a main unit, a human machine interface, and a control unit. The control unit adjusts a signal provided to the RF electrode and creates an RF circuit, and also adjusts the signal provided to the magnetic field generating device and creates a magnetic circuit electrically insulated from the RF circuit. The RF circuit may include a power source and a power amplifier, and the magnetic circuit may include an energy storage to supply the magnetic field generating device with electric current.
1 . A device for treating a patient, the device comprising:
an applicator comprising a magnetic field generating device positioned within a chair;
a positioning assembly configured to provide movement of the magnetic field generating device within the chair;
a bulge positioned in a seating part of the chair, the bulge comprising:
a pressure outlet configured to apply a pressurized air to the patient; and
a control unit configured to control a flow of the pressurized air,
wherein the pressurized air provides a positive pressure to a skin around a pelvic floor of the patient,
wherein the magnetic field generating device is configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field,
wherein the time-varying magnetic field has a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.1 Tesla to 7 Tesla, and
wherein the applicator is configured to provide the time-varying magnetic field to the pelvic floor of the patient.
2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the positioning assembly comprises a rail.
3 . The device of claim 2 , wherein the rail comprises a polymer.
4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the positioning assembly comprises a hydraulic piston.
5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the pressure outlet comprises a plastic material.
6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the pressure outlet is positioned between the patient and the magnetic field generating device, and wherein the pressurized air provides a positive pressure to a skin of at least one of the genitals, perineum, or buttocks.
7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field generating device is constructed from a litz-wire.
8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the pressure outlet comprises a plastic tube.
9 . A device for treating a patient, the device comprising:
an applicator comprising:
a magnetic field generating device positioned within a chair;
a positioning assembly configured to provide movement of the magnetic field generating device within the chair; and
an applicator valve configured to provide a flow of a pressurized air;
wherein the applicator valve is configured to provide the flow of the pressurized air in a form of positive pressure impulses, and wherein the positive pressure impulses are provided in two different repetition rates during a treatment session;
a pressure outlet configured to apply the flow of the pressurized air to the patient; and
a control unit configured to control the flow of the pressurized air,
wherein the pressurized air provides a positive pressure around a skin of a pelvic floor of the patient,
wherein the magnetic field generating device is configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field,
wherein the time-varying magnetic field has a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.1 Tesla to 7 Tesla and a repetition rate in a range of 0.1 Hz to 700 Hz, and
wherein the applicator is configured to provide the time-varying magnetic field to the pelvic floor of the patient.
10 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the applicator further comprises a temperature sensor.
11 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the applicator further comprises an applicator pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the pressurized air.
12 . The device of claim 9 , further comprising a main unit comprising a human machine interface, and wherein the pressurized air provides a positive pressure to a skin of at least one of the genitals, perineum, or buttocks.
13 . The device of claim 9 , further comprising a heater configured to heat the pressurized air.
14 . The device of claim 13 , wherein the heater is configured to heat the pressurized air to a range of 2° C. to 25° C. above an ambient temperature of 20° C.
15 . The device of claim 13 , wherein the heater is configured to heat the pressurized air to a range of 20° C. to 60° C.
16 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the pressure outlet comprises a plastic tube.
17 . A device for treating a patient, the device comprising:
a chair;
a magnetic field generating device positioned within the chair;
a positioning assembly configured to provide movement of the magnetic field generating device within the chair;
an air compressor configured to provide a pressurized air to an air pressure tank;
a pressure outlet configured to apply the pressurized air to a pelvic floor of the patient; and
a control unit configured to control a flow of the pressurized air,
wherein the air pressure tank is configured to provide the pressurized air to the pressure outlet,
wherein the pressurized air provides a positive pressure to a skin around the pelvic floor of the patient,
wherein the magnetic field generating device is configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field,
wherein the time-varying magnetic field has a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.1 Tesla to 7 Tesla, and
wherein the device is configured to provide the time-varying magnetic field to the pelvic floor of the patient.
18 . The device of claim 17 , further comprising a heater configured to heat the pressurized air, wherein the heater is configured to heat the pressurized air to a temperature in a range of 21° C. to 48° C.
19 . The device of claim 17 , wherein the applicator further comprises a bulge, and wherein the bulge comprises the pressure outlet.
20 . The device of claim 19 , wherein the bulge is configured to be positioned in a seating part of the chair.
21 . The device of claim 20 , wherein the bulge is configured to be positioned in a vicinity of the skin of the pelvic floor of the patient.
22 . The device of claim 19 , wherein the bulge comprises a plastic material.
23 . The device of claim 17 , further comprising a heater configured to heat the pressurized air, wherein the heater is configured to heat the pressurized air to a range of 2° C. to 25° C. above an ambient temperature of 20° C.
24 . A device for treating a patient, the device comprising:
an applicator comprising:
a chair;
a magnetic field generating device positioned within the chair; and
a positioning assembly configured to provide movement of the magnetic field generating device within the chair;
a pressure outlet configured to apply a pressurized air to a pelvic floor of the patient; and
a control unit configured to control a flow of the pressurized air; and
a heater configured to heat the pressurized air,
wherein the pressurized air provides a positive pressure to a skin around the pelvic floor of the patient,
wherein the positioning assembly comprises a motor and a rail and is configured to move the magnetic field generating device along a line below the genitals, perineum and intergluteal cleft,
wherein the magnetic field generating device is configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field,
wherein the time-varying magnetic field has a magnetic flux density in a range of 0.1 Tesla to 7 Tesla, and
wherein the device is configured to provide the time-varying magnetic field to the pelvic floor of the patient.
25 . The device of claim 24 , wherein the heater is configured to heat the pressurized air to a temperature in a range of 21° C. to 48° C.
26 . The device of claim 25 , wherein the heater is configured to heat the pressurized air before delivery of the pressurized air to the skin of the pelvic floor.
27 . The device of claim 25 , wherein the pressure outlet is positioned between the patient and the magnetic field generating device, and wherein the pressurized air provides a positive pressure to a skin of at least one of the genitals, perineum, or buttocks.
28 . The device of claim 27 , wherein the pressure outlet comprises a plastic tube.
29 . The device of claim 25 , further comprising an applicator valve, wherein the applicator valve is configured to provide the flow of the pressurized air in a form of positive pressure impulses.
30 . The device of claim 29 , wherein the device is configured to apply a pressurized air at a different time than the time-varying magnetic field.