Brush Patents (Class 601/109)
  • Patent number: 8814836
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a microdermabrasion device for treating skin comprises a handpiece assembly having a distal end and a proximal end. The handpiece assembly includes at least one delivery conduit and at least one waste conduit. The microdermabrasion device additionally comprises a tip configured to be positioned along the distal end of the handpiece assembly, wherein the tip is adapted to contact skin surface. In several embodiments, the tip comprises a lip, a first opening in fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit and a second opening in fluid communication with the waste conduit. In one embodiment, the device includes one or more abrasive elements positioned along a distal end of the tip, wherein the abrasive elements are configured to selectively remove skin as the tip is moved relative to a skin surface. In some embodiments, the delivery conduit is configured to selectively deliver at least one time-release material to the skin surface being treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Edge Systems LLC
    Inventors: Roger Ignon, Ed F. Nicolas
  • Patent number: 8342187
    Abstract: Vibrating grooming device comprising a vibrating head (1) with bristles and/or tines (3) and a handle (2), the vibrating head comprising a motor (10) and an oscillating mass (11), the device characterized by the oscillating mass being disposed to oscillate linearly along an oscillating axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Kalman, Carolyn Marie McNeeley, John Richard Nottingham, Rachel Nottingham Colosimo, John Wilford Spirk, Jeffrey Silver Taggart, Jay Philip Tapper
  • Patent number: 5891063
    Abstract: A new Skin Rejuvinating System for exfoliating the user's skin thereby facilitating blood movement and reducing cellulite by utilizing a brushing means controlled at various rotational speeds depending on the sensitivity of the user's skin. The inventive device includes a motor encasement, a motor means secured within the motor encasement, a controller means electronically connected to the motor means, a power source electronically connected to the controller means, and a brushing means rotatably secured to the motor means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventor: Arlene Vigil
  • Patent number: 5523782
    Abstract: The present invention is a dental video camera which includes a housing, a light source, a CCD camera, an adjustably focusing lens system and a fixed focusing lens system. The housing has an elongated cavity with a distal end and a proximal end. The CCD camera disposed in the elongated cavity of the housing at the proximal end thereof. The adjustably focusing lens system is disposed within the elongated cavity of the housing and is optically coupled to the CCD camera. The adjustably focusing lens system provides a focusing adjustment between a near field of focus and a far field of focus. The fixed focusing lens system is optically coupled to the adjustably focusing lens system and is disposed in the elongated cavity of the housing adjacent to the distal end thereof. The rotatably adjustable iris is optically and mechanically coupled to the adjustably focusing lens system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Inventor: Ronald R. Williams
  • Patent number: 5441042
    Abstract: A portable console includes a universal positioning arm employing a clamp having quick disconnect means for releasably holding a surgical instrument such as an endoscope during a surgical procedure. The clamp includes a shaft with a bayonet connector disposed thereon, for lockably engaging a collar attached to the positioning arm. The bayonet connector includes flared spring arms which compress and engage the collar for releasably coupling the clamp to the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Inventor: John M. Putman