Patent ID: 7367981

Claim:
Device for skin dermabrasion through gentle contact of the skin with an abrasive, the device comprising a handleable housing and abrasive driving means, wherein it comprises, in combination, an arcuate abrasive surface that extends along an arc of a cylindrical surface with the abrasive surface on the curved outside of the arc, the arcuate abrasive surface being held by a support mounted in or on the housing for an oscillatory motion caused by said driving means allowing oscillation of the arcuate abrasive surface about the axis of said cylindrical surface, and a support surface surrounding the oscillatory arcuate abrasive surface at least on two opposing sides, said axis of oscillation of the arcuate surface being parallel to said two opposing sides of the support surface, said two opposing sides leaving a gap to allow oscillating motion of the arcuate abrasive surface in said gap with the arcuate abrasive surface oscillable across the gap between said two sides, the device being arranged in such a way as to allow, solely by the manual application of the support surface against the skin and around the region of the skin to be treated, the gentle contact of this region of the skin with the oscillating arcuate abrasive surface.