Patents by Inventor Kwang Chon Ko

Kwang Chon Ko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240009450
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an EMS method using EMS electrode pads. Each electrode may be provided to correspond to the shape and size of the divided area according to the virtual line. The EMS method using the same according to the present invention may minimize the edge current effect by the shape of the electrode to which electric energy is applied. In addition, energy transfer efficiency may be improved by capacitive coupling between the electrode and the skin. In addition, due to the coating of the electrode, a rate of contact with an affected part may be increased so that current may be applied evenly to each part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kwang Chon KO, James BARTHOLOMEUSZ
  • Publication number: 20240001110
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mask pad having EMS electrode pads. Each electrode of the EMS electrode pad may be provided to correspond to the shape and size of the divided area according to the virtual line. The mask pad according to the present invention may minimize the edge current effect by the shape of the electrode to which electric energy is applied. In addition, energy transfer efficiency may be improved by capacitive coupling between the electrode and the skin. In addition, due to the coating of the electrode, a rate of contact with an affected part may be increased so that current may be applied evenly to each part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kwang Chon KO, James BARTHOLOMEUSZ
  • Patent number: 11833361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus including a housing, an insertion unit provided on one side of the housing and formed to be inserted into a tissue through a tissue surface, and a cooling unit cooling the one side of the insertion unit within the housing to prevent thermal damage to the tissue touched when the insertion unit heated during a treatment time is drawn out from or inserted into the tissue, and a method of controlling the same and a treatment method. According to the present invention have effects in that they can prevent a problem in that unnecessary damage to a tissue occurs while maintaining a treatment effect of the skin because the heated end of the insertion unit is cooled and moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kwang Chon Ko
  • Patent number: 11794000
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an EMS electrode pad. Each electrode may be provided to correspond to the shape and size of the divided area according to the virtual line. The EMS electrode pad and the EMS method using the same according to the present invention may minimize the edge current effect by the shape of the electrode to which electric energy is applied. In addition, energy transfer efficiency may be improved by capacitive coupling between the electrode and the skin. In addition, due to the coating of the electrode, a rate of contact with an affected part may be increased so that current may be applied evenly to each part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Chon Ko, James Bartholomeusz
  • Publication number: 20230191144
    Abstract: In the muscle stimulation apparatus using a magnetic field pulse, the method of controlling the same, and the method of stimulating a muscle using the same according to the present disclosure, it is possible to set the depth and the intensity of stimulation based on muscle mass and the thickness of a fat layer. Accordingly, it is possible to perform muscle stimulation optimized for each individual and each muscle while reducing pain and minimizing any possible inconvenience in using the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Kwang Chon KO
  • Publication number: 20230123145
    Abstract: Disclosed are a treatment apparatus using RF energy according to the disclosure, a control method thereof, and a treatment method using the same, in which a frequency of the RF energy is adjusted according to target tissues to which energy is specifically transferred among skin tissues, and impedance matching is performed in real time, thereby having an effect on treating the tissue efficiently and accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Kwang chon KO
  • Publication number: 20230092226
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a treatment method capable of changing an impression with strengthened muscles by stimulating muscles by delivering energy to muscles that determine facial expressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kwang Chon KO, James Bartholomeusz
  • Publication number: 20230054321
    Abstract: A medical RF apparatus using an RF pulse and a method of controlling the medical RF apparatus are provided. The medical RF apparatus includes an RF generator, which generates a test pulse for detecting characteristics of tissue, a monitoring unit, which monitors the change in the information on the tissue state while the test pulse is transmitted to the tissue, and a measurement unit, which determines the tissue characteristics of a patient by comparing the values monitored in the monitoring unit with the reference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kwang Chon KO, Richard Howard COHEN
  • Patent number: 11541229
    Abstract: An apparatus of muscle treatment may have a plurality of treatment modes and may generate a specific motion of a human body simultaneously or with an interval for muscles anatomically distinguished and related to each other, thereby being able to simultaneously strength the muscles related to each other. Since muscles are treated in accordance with a transmitting pattern of RF energy enabling composite motions of a human body, thereby being able to increase the treatment effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Chon Ko, James Bartholomeusz
  • Publication number: 20220409259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RF treatment apparatus controlling the RF energy so that the target tissue is maintained within a range of a treatment temperature if the target tissue is determined to have reached the treatment temperature based on the impedance, a method of controlling the RF treatment apparatus, and a skin treatment method using RF energy. The RF treatment apparatus, the method of controlling the RF treatment apparatus and the skin treatment method using RF energy according to the present invention have an effect in that they can improve the accuracy and efficiency of treatment because whether a target tissue corresponds to a treatment temperature is determined based on impedance of the tissue and the volume of the target tissue corresponding to the treatment temperature can be maximized while maintaining the target tissue to the treatment temperature for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kwang Chon KO
  • Patent number: 11523863
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical RF apparatus using an RF pulse, comprising an RF generator, which generates a test pulse for detecting characteristics of tissue; a monitoring unit, which monitors the change in the information on the tissue state while the test pulse is transmitted to the tissue; and a measurement unit, which determines the tissue characteristics of a patient by comparing the values monitored in the monitoring unit with the reference data; and a method for controlling the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Chon Ko, Richard Howard Cohen
  • Publication number: 20220387094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RF treatment apparatus, the method of controlling the RF treatment apparatus and the skin treatment method using RF energy according to the present invention have an effect in that they can improve the accuracy and efficiency of treatment because whether a target tissue corresponds to a treatment temperature is determined based on impedance of the tissue and the volume of the target tissue corresponding to the treatment temperature can be maximized while maintaining the target tissue to the treatment temperature for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Kwang Chon KO
  • Publication number: 20220313988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a skin patch for an RF energy-using treatment device, the skin patch which has one surface in contact with the skin and has the other surface that is usable by making contact with an electrode of the RF energy-using treatment device, and which comprises a marker so as to guide treatment of the RF energy-using treatment device; an RF energy using treatment device using the skin patch; a control method therefor; and an RF energy-using skin treatment method. The skin patch for an RF energy-using treatment device, the RF energy-using treatment device using same, the control method therefor and the RF energy-using skin treatment method, according to the present invention, can guide the treatment location of a user from the patch attached to the skin, and control RF energy so as to improve treatment precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: James BARTHOLOMEUSZ, Kwang Chon KO
  • Publication number: 20220314015
    Abstract: Disclosed are a body contouring device using RF energy, a control method thereof, and a body contouring method using the same, in which a surface of tissue overheated due to the edge effect is selectively cooled while the tissue is heated with the RF energy transferred thereto, thereby having a uniform treatment effect on a treatment area, reducing pain, and preventing the tissue from being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: James BARTHOLOMEUSZ, Kwang Chon KO
  • Patent number: 11452557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RF treatment apparatus, the method of controlling the RF treatment apparatus and the skin treatment method using RF energy according to the present invention have an effect in that they can improve the accuracy and efficiency of treatment because whether a target tissue corresponds to a treatment temperature is determined based on impedance of the tissue and the volume of the target tissue corresponding to the treatment temperature can be maximized while maintaining the target tissue to the treatment temperature for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Chon Ko, Richard Howard Cohen
  • Patent number: 11452558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RF treatment apparatus controlling the RF energy so that the target tissue is maintained within a range of a treatment temperature if the target tissue is determined to have reached the treatment temperature based on the impedance, a method of controlling the RF treatment apparatus, and a skin treatment method using RF energy. The RF treatment apparatus, the method of controlling the RF treatment apparatus and the skin treatment method using RF energy according to the present invention have an effect in that they can improve the accuracy and efficiency of treatment because whether a target tissue corresponds to a treatment temperature is determined based on impedance of the tissue and the volume of the target tissue corresponding to the treatment temperature can be maximized while maintaining the target tissue to the treatment temperature for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Chon Ko, Richard Howard Cohen
  • Patent number: 11439459
    Abstract: A high-frequency treatment device according to the present invention can comprise: a handpiece; a plurality of needles formed on one side of the handpiece so as to be able to come out and retract, and receiving a high-frequency current; and a pressing part disposed in the coming out and retracting direction of the plurality of needles, and tensing the skin by applying a predetermined pressure to the skin. The high-frequency treatment device according to the present invention has an effect of enabling pain occurring due to the insertion of a plurality of conventional needles to be alleviated by adjusting the tension of a patient's skin before inserting a plurality of needles such that the needles are smoothly inserted into the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kwang Chon Ko
  • Patent number: 11344363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RF treatment apparatus including micro needles, a method of controlling the same, and a treatment method using the same according to the present invention have effects in that they can prevent damage to a tissue and perform optimized treatment because RF energy can be adjusted and applied based on a current-carrying area that belongs to a portion of the micro needles and that has been inserted into a tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Chon Ko, Richard Howard Cohen
  • Patent number: 11338132
    Abstract: A treatment device using a high frequency according to the present invention includes: a plurality of electrodes which transfers high frequency energy to the skin; a plurality of pads each of which is provided on one surface thereof with at least one of the electrodes; and a plurality of elastic members which independently and elastically support the other surfaces of the plurality of pads, respectively, so that plurality of electrodes can be three-dimensionally and closely attached to the curved surface of the skin. Accordingly, even when treating a body region having many curves, the attachment of the electrodes is efficiently maintained. In addition, although a hand piece moves in a state in which the plurality of pads are attached to skin, the plurality of pads can be maintained in the skin attached state while actively coping with the curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LUTRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kwang Chon Ko
  • Publication number: 20220133398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus and a method of controlling the same, and provides a treatment apparatus including an insertion unit formed in such a way as to be inserted into a tissue through a tissue surface, a bending sensing unit sensing bending of the insertion unit occurring during insertion, and a controller controlling the insertion operation of the insertion unit based on information sensed by the bending sensing unit, and a method of controlling the same. In accordance with the present invention, there is an advantage in that a treatment effect can be improved because treatment can be performed in the state in which the insertion unit has been inserted into an accurate target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kwang Chon KO, Richard Howard COHEN