ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,649, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).
"Skin contouring using photo-responsive materials" was invented by David B. Kosecoff (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for integrated photo-responsive contouring treatment are described. Methods include identifying a region of skin corresponding to a contouring treatment of the skin. The region of skin may be provided with a photo-responsive material overlying a portion of the region of the skin. Methods may include identifying one or more treatment regions overlapping the photo-responsive material. The treatment regions may be identifi...