IP Library Granted Patent US 10,405,638
Granted Patent B2
US 10,405,638 · App. 15/738,089 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Connected photo-activatable formulation applicator

Inventors: John Streeter (Redmond, WA); Vincenzo Casasanta, III (Woodinville, WA); Zane Bowman Allen Miller (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: L'OREAL
A45D40/261A45D33/32A45D34/041A45D2200/205A61K2800/81A61K2800/874
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Patent No.
US 10,405,638
App. No.
15/738,089
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An applicator device includes a photo-active formulation assembly and a photo-dose assembly operably coupled to the photo-active formulation assembly. The photo-active formulation assembly includes one or a plurality of dispenser portions and one or more photo-activatable formulation reservoirs. The photo-active formulation assembly is operable to dispense a photo-activatable formulation from the one or more photo-activatable formulation reservoirs onto one or more regions of a biological surface. The photo-dose assembly includes at least one illuminator oriented to focus electromagnetic energy onto one or more focal regions of a biological surface. The focused electromagnetic energy is of a character and for a duration sufficient to photo-activate the photo-activatable formulation dispensed from the one or more photo-activatable formulation reservoirs.

Claims (4)

1. A method of applying a photo-activatable formulation comprising:

dispensing, by a dispenser portion of a photo-active formulation assembly, photo-activatable formulation from one or more photo-activatable formulation reservoirs onto one or more regions of a biological surface;

reading from a machine readable feature on the photo-active formulation assembly, information for activating the photo-activatable formulation; and

focusing, by a photo-dose assembly operably coupled to the photo-active formulation assembly, electromagnetic energy from at least one illuminator onto one or more focal regions of the biological surface, wherein the wavelength of the electromagnetic energy, the time the illuminator is on, the amplitude of the electromagnetic energy, or any combination, is based on the information read from the machine readable feature.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2018
From: STREETER, JOHN; CASASANTA, VINCENZO, III; MILLER, ZANE BOWMAN ALLEN
To: L'OREAL
Reel/Frame 046130/0833 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 14829370 · Aug 18, 2015
Provisional Application 62337072 · May 16, 2016
Related Publication 20180168318A1 · Jun 21, 2018
Cited By (2)
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