Patent ID: 8147432

Claim:
A skin massage device comprising: a handset connected to a machine body; said handset in turn comprising a chamber closed by a deformable membrane for treating a patient's skin when a vacuum is generated in said chamber by a vacuum generating device and the handset is placed over the skin; and means for producing a variable vacuum in said chamber to deform said membrane thereby lifting, folding, compressing, and smoothing the patient's skin; wherein said membrane defines a central through hole and comprises: an ultrasound emitting device housed in said central through hole; two lateral portions adjacent said central through hole, said lateral portions being movable by the vacuum generated inside the chamber; wherein each of said lateral portions has two projections; and wherein the membrane has a peripheral groove into which a bottom edge of the chamber is inserted such that only the membrane and a surface of said ultrasound emitting device contact the skin when the handset is placed over the patient's skin.