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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Luc M Leveque, Montfermeil, FR;
Andre H Abrioux, Drancy, FR;
Assignee:
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128774 ; 128297 ; 73 375 ; 73838 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for measuring the firmness of tissue, for example of skin in vivo, comprises a compartment open at one end and having a deformable bulb at the other end to allow the compartment near the open end to be subject to internal suction deforming a portion of skin against which the apparatus is applied to dome upwardly into the compartment. A plunger pressed upwardly by the doming skin actuates a pivotable pointer visible from outside the apparatus.