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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Bernard Querleux, Le Perreux, FR;
Thérèse Baldeweck, Vincennes, FR;
Mathias Fink, Meudon, FR;
Jean-luc Genisson, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Bernard Querleux, Le Perreux, FR;
Thérèse Baldeweck, Vincennes, FR;
Mathias Fink, Meudon, FR;
Jean-Luc Genisson, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an analysis apparatus for analyzing the skin, the which includes an ultrasound probe arranged to analyze the skin along an axis and a vibrator arranged to emit at least one shear wave to a region of the skin extending about the axis. The ultrasound probe is arranged to detect displacements induced in the skin by the propagation of the shear wave.