ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,051, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HydraFacial LLC (Long Beach, Calif.).

"Devices, systems and methods for treating the skin" was invented by Daniel Harden (Carmel, Calif.), Elliot Ortiz (Pinole, Calif.), Yale Shaw (San Francisco), Daniel Cheung (San Francisco), Katie Rozporka (San Jose, Calif.), Stacie Depner (Anaheim, Calif.) and Sounak Maisuri (Fullerton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a skin treatment system comprises a main body portion, a waste container configured to be removably secured to the main body portion, a tip configured to be removably secured to the main body portion, a pum...