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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2000
Steven J. Daffer, Edina, MN (US);
Richard W. Jostrom, Mound, MN (US);
Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A personal treatment device comprising a personalized capsule that has a bed for a person to lie thereon in a supine position, the capsule has a cover that is openable for access to the bed and closeable to define a chamber in which a person lies. The cover has a divider adjacent a head portion of the bed, such that the head of a user will extend out of the cover. Suitable heaters are provided in the cover to radiate energy onto a person on the bed, and a steam generator is provided for adding steam as desired to the interior of the chamber and also to direct steam toward the face of a user under control of the user.