US 12,279,683 B2
Skin treatment system
Ype Bernardus Brada, Leeuwarden (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/922,863
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed May 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/063772
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/244885, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20177753 (EP), filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329417 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 26/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B26B 19/38 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 26/0023 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 5/442 (2013.01); B26B 19/388 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Skin treatment system, comprising:
a functional member configured to perform a treatment action on skin and to be moved over the skin during operation of the system,
a controller configured to control operation of the skin treatment system, and
a measurement unit including a measurement member configured to be moved over the skin along with the functional member and to be made to indent the skin in the process, wherein the measurement member is displaceable in the measurement unit, and wherein the measurement unit is configured to measure a value related to an extent to which the measurement member gets displaced relative to a default position in the measurement unit by action of the skin,
wherein the controller is further configured to receive the measured value from the measurement unit and to use the measured value as a determining factor in an action of determining at least one parameter of operation of the skin treatment system, characterized in that:
the measured value corresponds to a measure of an extent to which the skin is indented by the measurement member.