Patent ID: 9295858
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N

Claim Text:
1. An applicator for forming a skin protrusion, said applicator comprising: a housing with a hollow cavity formed inside of the housing for receiving into it a section of skin to be configured as a protrusion, said cavity featuring: wherein the valve further comprises a spring configured to assert a force in the opposite direction as the first direction to encourage the return of the displaced plate towards its non-displaced position when the protrusion recedes and wherein the valve further comprises a gasket attached to a pusher, said gasket configured to temporarily seal said cavity when the valve is displaced to a closed position; and wherein there is a decrease in vacuum force within the cavity when the skin protrusion is in contact with the plate and the volume of skin protrusion within the cavity exceeds an upper threshold; and there is an increase in the vacuum force within the cavity when the skin protrusion is in contact with the plate and the volume of skin protrusion within the cavity decreases towards a lower threshold; wherein a portion of the plate is, at least in part, configured to be displaced in a first direction such that the plate decreases the vacuum force within the cavity.