IP Library Granted Patent US 6,911,031
Granted Patent B2
US 6,911,031 · App. 09/960,139 · Granted Jun 28, 2005

Single-hand operable microdermabrasion device

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Patent No.
US 6,911,031
App. No.
09/960,139
Granted
Jun 28, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microdermabrasion device is disclosed for removing cells from a patient's skin. The device includes a partial vacuum channel for drawing skin into intimate contact with an abrasive surface and drawing away removed skin cells.

Claims (11)

1. A microdermabrasion device comprising:

a body;

a motor housing coupled to said body said motor housing includes a motor;

a partial vacuum housing coupled to said motor housing, said partial vacuum housing comprising a suction channel disposed along an interior surface of said partial vacuum housing;

said motor is coupled to said suction channel for creating a vacuum flow within said suction channel;

an extender arm disposed within said partial vacuum housing, an inner end of said extender arm coupled to said motor housing through an actuating member and a linkage configured to impart an oscillating motion to said extender arm;

a removable tip coupled to said partial vacuum housing, an interior of said tip defining a partial vacuum channel;

an abrading attachment removably attached to an outer end of said extender arm, said abrading attachment being disposed interior of said removable tip and having an abrasive surface disposed on an outer surface; and

a terminus of said suction channel being disposed in said partial vacuum channel for drawing skin into intimate contact with said abrasive surface and drawing away removed skin cells.

2. The microdermabrasion device of claim 1 , wherein said motor moves said actuating member in a direction traverse to the length of said extender arm, thereby imparting a oscillatory action to the surface of the abrading attachment.

3. The microdermabrasion device of claim 1 , wherein said linkage is oscillated about a pivot point.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2014
From: AGE SCIENCES, INC.
To: ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Reel/Frame 033566/0681 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2014
From: EXALT OF NEVADA, INC.
To: AGE SCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 032170/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2014
From: EXALT OF NEVADA
To: IVORY COURT, LLC
Reel/Frame 032117/0406 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 3, 2014
From: IVORY COURT, LLC
To: AGE SCIENCES, INC
Reel/Frame 032152/0211 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2011
From: MULDNER, JANELLE MARIE
To: EXALT OF NEVADA, INC.
Reel/Frame 026432/0114 →
Continuity (1)
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