US 12,285,209 B2
Personal care device configured to perform a light-based hair removal
Edgar Van Gool, Noord-Brabant (NL); Felix Godfried Peter Peeters, Heide (NL); Marjolein Yvonne Jansen, Eindhoven (NL); Eyob Atanfu Amra, Noord Barabant (NL); Eric Gerard Marie Van Kempen, Eindhoven (NL); Lars Christian Casper, Den Bosch (NL); Wilbert Bernard Roger Pennings, Best (NL); and Tim Tielemans, Heeze (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/919,392
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/059613
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/213852, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20170690 (EP), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149077 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/18 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00476 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal care device configured to perform a light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation on a body of a subject, the personal care device comprising:
a housing including a first window or opening;
a light source configured to generate light to perform the light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation, wherein the light source is arranged in the housing such that light emitted by the light source illuminates a part of the body;
a receiving member provided in or on the housing configured to receive and retain a consumer electronic device in or on the personal care device; and
an optical system in the housing configured to enable an imaging unit of the consumer electronic device when retained by the receiving member to obtain images of a part of the body via the first window or opening.