Patent ID: 6309364
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A massage and skin suction apparatus comprising: a housing (1) having a first part (1a) shaped to serve as a grasping element and a second part (1b); at least one pair of parallel massage rollers (6, 7) spaced from one another, each roller being mounted in said second part for rotation around a respective axis of rotation; means (9,10) associated with one of said rollers (6, 7) for driving said one of said rollers in rotation when said rollers are in contact with the skin tissue, to exert on said rollers two opposed forces for pulling a portion of the skin into the space separating said rollers, in order to pinch the skin; and a chamber (4) connected to a suction source (18) and furnished with a suction aperture (4a), said suction aperture (4a) and said pair of massage rollers (6, 7) being disposed on said housing (1) in order to permit said suction aperture and said rollers to be simultaneously brought into contact with a portion of the skin, characterized in that said suction aperture (4a) has an edge that extends laterally to the peripheral surface of one (7) of said rollers (6, 7) and said suction aperture is located outside of the space between said rollers.