Patent ID: 8435194

Claim:
A skin treatment device comprising: (a) an RF treatment arrangement comprising: (i) an RF applicator terminating in a skin contact surface through which RF energy is delivered into the skin, and (ii) an RF energy source capable of directing an RF power signal to said applicator; and (b) a mechanical massage arrangement comprising: (i) a massage manipulator comprising at least one annular massage head deployed so as to encircle said RF applicator, said massage manipulator defining a skin contact region, and (ii) a motor, mechanically linked in driving relation to said at least one massage head so as to displace said at least one massage head relative to a skin surface, wherein said skin contact region substantially encircles said RF applicator such that, when the device is brought in contact with the skin and said RF treatment arrangement and said mechanical massage arrangement are actuated, mechanical massage is performed on a region of skin adjacent to, or overlapping with, a region treated by the RF energy, and wherein said annular massage head is rotatably mounted so as to rotate about an axis, and wherein said axis substantially coincides with a central axis of said RF applicator.