Patent ID: 7682321

Claim:
A skin massage device ( 10 ); the device comprising a handset ( 100 ; 200 ; 300 ) connected to a machine body; said handset ( 100 ; 200 ; 300 ) in turn comprising a chamber ( 102 ; 202 ) closed by a deformable membrane ( 103 ; 203 ) which at least partly adheres to a patient's skin (S) by virtue of a vacuum generated in said chamber ( 102 ; 202 ) by a vacuum generating device ( 12 ) when the handset is placed over the skin to treat the skin; wherein the device ( 10 ) comprises means ( 13 ) for producing a variable vacuum in said chamber ( 102 ; 202 ) to deform said membrane ( 103 ; 203 ) thereby lifting, folding, compressing, and smoothing the patient's skin (S); wherein said membrane ( 103 ) comprises a central portion ( 103 b ) having a plurality of holes ( 103 c ) for lifting a portion (S 1 ) of the skin (S); and two lateral portions ( 103 d , 103 e ), thicker than said central portion ( 103 b ), which are movable by the vacuum generated inside the chamber ( 102 ); wherein each of said lateral portions ( 103 d , 103 e ) has two projections ( 103 f , 103 g ); wherein the central portion ( 103 b ) extends transversely across a surface of the membrane ( 103 ) between the two lateral portions ( 103 d , 103 e ); and wherein the plurality of holes ( 103 c ) of the central portion ( 103 b ) are aligned and spaced from one another between the two lateral portions ( 103 d , 103 e ); and wherein the membrane has a peripheral groove ( 103 a ) into which a bottom edge ( 102 a ) of the chamber is inserted such that only the membrane contacts the skin when the handset is placed over the patient's skin.