摘要:
The present invention features a method of treating pores on the skin by applying to skin in need of such treatment a device including a housing having a skin contacting surface, a first conductive electrode, a second conductive electrode, and a carrier; wherein the first conductive electrode is in electric communication with the second conductive electrode, wherein the first conductive electrode is in ionic communication with the carrier, wherein the carrier is in communication with the skin contacting surface, and wherein the skin contacting surface is placed in contact with the skin.
摘要:
The present invention features a method of administering an active agent to a human barrier membrane by applying to the membrane a device including a housing having the barrier membrane contacting surface, a first conductive electrode, a second conductive electrode, and a carrier containing the active agent; wherein the first conductive electrode is in electric communication with the second conductive electrode, wherein the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode are in ionic communication with the carrier, and wherein the carrier is in communication with the barrier membrane through the barrier membrane contacting surface, wherein the difference of the standard potentials of the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode is at least 0.2 V and wherein the electrons that pass between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode are generated as a result of such difference of the standard potentials.
摘要:
A system and method is provided for displaying trimmed surfaces on a computer graphics system. The present invention tessellates a three-dimensional surface into triangles and determines whether a trimming curve intersects any triangles. If an intersection occurs, a polygon trimming mask is formed by performing an exclusive OR operation and rendering the polygon into a mask plane. The XOR operation sets the bits in the mask plane corresponding to the trimming mask to logical 1. The rendering hardware then compares the bits in the mask plane with the bits in the frame buffer and draws those pixels which correspond to the bits set to 1 in the mask plane. Since, the trimming mask is a polygon the rendering hardware can perform shading, or lighting calculations using values for points which are contained on the tessellated triangle. In this manner, consistent lighting of a trimmed surface can be achieved. Additionally, the present invention provides for the formation of multiple trimming masks when multiple trimming curves intersect a tessellated triangle. The multiple trimming masks are sequentially XORed into the mask plane and the corresponding pixels are then drawn.