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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Sooma Ltd., Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sooma Ltd., Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0496 (2013.01); A61N 1/0404 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A skin electrode for stimulation comprising a superporous hydrophilic material having a first relaxed state and a second expanded state. In the second expanded state the superporous hydrophilic material is breakable to at least partly enclose at least one hair, and an electrode surface for electrically stimulating the skin by driving current from the electrode surface through the hydrophilic material to the skin comprising the at least one hair.