Couplable portable device for the thermal medical treatment of skin

Abstract

A portable device for the thermal medical treatment of skin allows a treatment attachment to be coupled to a mobile data-processing unit, preferably a smartphone or a tablet, via an interface, wherein a housing of the treatment attachment which extends over the treatment attachment is provided with a heating element directly underneath the surface facing away from the data-processing unit in the coupled state, the heating element being coupled to a temperature sensor, wherein the heating element, with the interposition of a control unit, is connected to the electrically conductive interface or, via a Bluetooth connection, to the data-processing unit in such a way that the heating element is supplied with power via one or more rechargeable batteries integrated into the data-processing unit in such a way that the heating element can be heated to a temperature predefined via the control unit.

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         12 : A portable device for thermal-medical treatment of the skin, having a treatment attachment ( 12 ), which can be coupled via an interface ( 5 ) to a mobile data processing unit ( 7 ), preferably a smart phone, tablet, or wearable;
 wherein in the coupled state, a housing ( 6 ) of the treatment attachment ( 12 ) overlapping the treatment attachment ( 12 ) is provided at a suitable point with a heating element ( 2 ), which is coupled to a temperature sensor ( 3 );   wherein the heating element ( 2 ) is connected using the electrically conducting interface ( 5 ) to the data processing unit ( 7 ) with a control unit ( 4 ) interconnected or wirelessly, for example, via a Bluetooth connection, in such a way that the heating element ( 2 ) is supplied with current via one or more rechargeable batteries integrated into the data processing unit ( 7 ) in such a way that the heating element ( 2 ) is heatable to a temperature predetermined via the control unit ( 4 );   wherein the treatment attachment ( 12 ) is attached in the attached state directly to the data processing unit ( 7 ), so that for the purpose of treatment, preferably the surface of the housing ( 6 ) facing away from the data processing unit ( 7 ) can be placed by corresponding handling of the data processing unit ( 7 ) on the body part to be treated.   
     
     
         13 : The portable device according to  claim 12 ,
 wherein, as a heating element ( 2 ), a resistor which heats up upon energizing is arranged directly adjacent to the temperature sensor ( 3 ) inside the treatment attachment ( 12 ) directly below the surface of the housing ( 6 ) of the treatment attachment ( 12 ) facing away from the data processing unit ( 7 ) in the coupled state;   wherein both the temperature sensor ( 3 ) and also the resistor are connected via the power supply integrated into the interface ( 5 ) to the rechargeable battery or batteries of the connected mobile data processing unit ( 7 ).   
     
     
         14 : The portable device according to  claim 13 , wherein the temperature sensor ( 3 ) has a data connection via the interface ( 5 ) or Bluetooth connection to the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ). 
     
     
         15 : The portable device according to  claim 13 , wherein a preferably small-format energy accumulator is integrated into the housing ( 6 ) of the treatment attachment ( 12 ). 
     
     
         16 : The portable device according to  claim 12 , wherein both the heating element ( 2 ) and also the temperature sensor ( 3 ) are connected to the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ) via the interface ( 5 ) with a microcontroller ( 9 ) interconnected. 
     
     
         17 : The portable device according to  claim 15 , wherein the interface both transmits ( 11 ) electrical energy and also comprises a data connection ( 10 ) to the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ) attached in the coupled state. 
     
     
         18 : The portable device according to  claim 12 , wherein the treatment attachment ( 12 ) is connected in a coupled state via the interface ( 5 ) to one of the conventional connectors of the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ), preferably a lightning or USB connector, or a comparable connector, for example, via Bluetooth. 
     
     
         19 : The portable device according to  claim 12 , wherein both the treatment attachment ( 12 ) and also the interface ( 5 ) are embodied as water-resistant or watertight and moreover the interface ( 5 ) is provided with corresponding seal elements to form a watertight or water-resistant connection to the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ). 
     
     
         20 : The portable device according to  claim 12 , wherein the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ) is usable via software, in particular an app, for operating and controlling the treatment attachment ( 12 ), in particular for controlling the heat treatment, by the parameters of the heat treatment, thus, for example, the utilized temperature and/or the duration of the heat treatment, being pre-determinable via the software by corresponding inputs into the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ) with the control unit ( 4 ) interconnected. 
     
     
         21 : The portable device according to  claim 19 , wherein the software is connected to the geo-tracking function of the mobile data processing unit ( 7 ), so that an emergency call in conjunction with a location specification can be placed either automatically upon occurrence of parameters predetermined in the control unit, or by a corresponding active operation of the software.