WO2001013760A1 - Hyperaemia comb - Google Patents

Abstract

Modification of the Hyperaemia Comb (PCT 0013/98 GR) to a Brush (figure 1), with numerous raws of hard, slender metal teeth (bristles) designed to provoke hyperaemia in the scalp, which has as a result the therapy of hair loss and baldness. The effectiveness of the new Brush is also due to the filing of the teeth to give them pointed tips (figure 3),so that they will make better contact with the skin, cleaning away dead cells and causing hyperaemia without cutting off existing hair.

Description

HYPERAEMIA COMB

This presentation concerns modifications made to the existing hyperaemia comb (PCT 0013/98GR).Technological improvements have been made after extensive study , to heighten both the effectiveness and the safety of the product. The existing hyperaemia comb has a series of metal teeth which are designed to stimulate the skin og the scalp.

The first improvement is the conversion of the Comb to a Brush (figure 1) , which gives it more than a raw of metal teeth. This enables it to achieve hyperaemia more quickly , given that as a brush, it covers a greater area of the head, and with greater safety, as its metal teeth (bristles) are light and flexible. Another important safety factor in the use of the product is that use is suggested when the head has been previously wet with water. The water is employed here as a natural lubricant which neutralises the negative consequences of friction , such as skin abrasion or pain.

As noted above the hyperaemia comb has thin metal teeth , which is also the case for the new Brush version. If we look at the ends of the teeth of the existing version of the Comb, we will see that they are flat (figure 2), as they have been machined. This has two negative consequences. Firstly the teeth pass with some difficulty through the hair, which irritates the skin, and secondly, they cut a considerable quantity of hair (they function like razors) especially the new hairs that sprout as a result of the hyperaemia method. These new hairs are slender and delicate when they first appear. In the new Brush version the teeth are filed to an egg-shaped tip (figure 3) which gives a series of positive results.Firstly the teeth are not impeded by the hairand thus reach and stimulate the skin more easily. Secondly, with their new shape, the the teeth no longet shave off hair. Thirdly with their new egg shape, the teeth rub off the dead cells from the skin, cleaning it.This further facilitates the growth of new hair.

For the period of hair growth and subsequently maintenance after the desired result has been achieved, two brush types have been developed.They have the same characteristics; the only difference is in the number of teeth.The first brush is for use during the period of new hair growth, and the second during the maintenance period.

For the growth period , the first brush type will have a number X (for example 100) of very slender teeth (for example 0,20 mm in diametre), which will slide easily among sparse hair. For the maintenance period, when the desired growth of new hair has been achieved the maintenance brush will have a number Y of teeth, less than the growth brush, and slightly thicker. (For example 70 teeth of diametre 0,26 mm).

The maintenance brush will pass more easily through the now thicker growth of hair, while the relationship between the number of teeth and their diametre will give them the same dynamic for the desired result , which is to provoke hyperaemia.

Claims

The hyperaemia Comb (PCT0013/98GR) has been transformed into a Brush (figure l).It is composed of very thin metal teeth (bristles) the tips of which are filed to a point (figure 3) , so that they will pass easily through the existing hair, thus stimulating the skin causing hyperaemia.