US 12,343,528 B2
Device and method for unattended treatment of a patient
Tomáš Schwarz, Prague (CZ); and Lucia Jelínková, Prague (CZ)
Assigned to BTL Healthcare Technologies A.S., Prague (CZ)
Filed by BTL Healthcare Technologies a.s., Prague (CZ)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,646.
Application 17/576,646 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2021/000300, filed on May 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,619, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218987 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/328 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08); A61N 1/40 (2013.01); A61N 1/403 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for improving a visual appearance of a patient, the device comprising:
an electrode having a surface area in a range of 0.1 cm2 to 70 cm2;
an adhesive layer disposed on the electrode,
wherein the adhesive layer is configured to be placed in contact with a body part of the patient, and
wherein the electrode is configured to be attached to the body part during a treatment via the adhesive layer; and
a control unit configured to control the electrode,
wherein the body part comprises a face, a neck, or a submentum,
wherein the electrode is configured to apply a radiofrequency energy, causing heating of skin of the body part to a temperature in a range of 39° C. to 55° C.,
wherein the electrode is configured to apply a pulsed electric current with a pulse duration in a range of 0.1 μs to 10 s and a frequency in a range of 0.1 Hz to 12 kHz to the body part, causing a contraction of a muscle within the body part, and
wherein the electrode is configured to cause both the heating and the muscle contraction during the treatment in order to improve the visual appearance of the patient.