Patent ID: 11883357
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A massaging device having a massaging surface, the massaging device comprising a plurality of massaging elements moveable relative to each other, wherein:
a first plurality of massaging elements are fixed on a first plate, wherein a second plurality of massaging elements are fixed on a second plate, wherein the first plate is positioned on top of the second plate, wherein each individual one of the second plurality of massaging elements individually protrudes through the first plate via an individual one of a plurality of arcuate shaped through-holes present in the first plate, each of the plurality of arcuate shaped through-holes being located in between a respective circumferentially positioned first and second one of the first plurality of massaging elements, wherein the first plate is moveable relative to the second plate, or wherein the second plate is moveable relative to the first plate, each individual one of the second plurality of massaging elements is configured to move in an arcuate path within the corresponding individual one of the plurality of arcuate shaped through-holes between a first position at a first end of the individual one of the plurality of arcuate shaped through-holes and a second position at a second end of the individual one of the plurality of arcuate shaped through-holes, as the first plate is moved relative to the second plate, or the second plate is moved relative to the first plate, and wherein:
the massaging surface is adapted such that applying the massaging surface to a skin surface and moving each individual one of the second plurality of massaging elements, within the arcuate shaped through-hole, between the first position and the second position causes two differently directed forces to be simultaneously exercised by the massaging elements, the two differently directed forces thereby causing simultaneous:
pinching of a skin region between the first one of the first plurality of massaging elements and an individual one of the second plurality of massaging elements, and
stretching of a skin region between the second one of the first plurality of massaging elements and the individual one of the second plurality of massaging elements.