SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEPILATION Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61B18/20 A61N5/06 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medical equipment, namely to means for depilation. System of depilation contains device for detection of hair on skin section, which is to be processed, functionally connected with it device for depilation, which includes light source for light impulse formation, light-conducting device for directing light impulse to the target on hairs, control unit, determining target location and activating light source for a long period of time, on which hair-detecting device is able to detect hairs. In addition system contains preventing devices, connected with control unit and made with possibility of preventing re-direction of the following light impulse on the hairs by, at least, part of hair-detecting device or depilation device during the period of time, when preventive measures are taken, during which hair-detecting device is able to detect hairs and starting after the moment, when light impulse was directed into target location.

EFFECT: application of the invention makes it possible to reduce power consumption and possibility of skin injury due to prevention of aiming cutting light ray at one and the same hair more than once.

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