Patent ID: 9730629
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A device for measuring skin elasticity comprising: a probe, wherein the probe comprises one or more holes, a vacuum source, a pressure sensor, a vacuum release valve, and one or more proximity sensors aligned about the one or more holes, wherein the probe further comprises a raised area surrounding the one or more holes; a processor for recording the deformation of the skin using a control unit comprising a microcontroller connected to the one or more proximity sensors and the one or more pressure sensors, wherein the proximity sensor is positioned at a pre-determined distance from the skin, wherein the vacuum source is capable of increasing a vacuum from 0 to 150 mm Hg over 6 seconds, and the vacuum release valve opens to atmospheric pressure, wherein a surface of skin is defined as reference point zero, wherein the processor calculates the skin elasticity based on the distance to the one or more proximity sensors throughout a measurement cycle both inside and outside the probe; and a display that plots skin deformation across the reference point zero during a single measurement to determine viscoelastic properties of the skin.