The present invention relates a device (10) for applying a tattoo or a permanent make-up or a similar
skin treatment. The device has a grip portion (11) containing a drive unit, and a
disposable needle-holder
cartridge (13) which can be coupled to the grip portion (11). The needle-holder
cartridge (13) comprises an attachment part (20) for attachment to the grip portion (11), a needle-holder head (28) with a stem (30) which partially protrudes from the attachment part (20), a needle supported by the needle-holder head (28), a tip (25) having a needle-guide
nozzle (27). The needle-holder head (28) is arranged in the needle-holder
cartridge (13) for a linear movement along the axial direction of the needle-holder cartridge (13), in order to cause the oscillation of the end of the needle in and out of the tip (25) of the needle-holder cartridge (13). The drive unit comprises an
electric motor (M) having a
drive shaft (15), an
actuator shaft (41) which can be coupled to the stem (30) of the needle-holder head (28), a
cam mechanism (16,17) operatively connected to the
drive shaft (15), for transforming the rotary motion of the
drive shaft (15) into a
linear motion of the
actuator shaft (41). For
coupling of the
actuator shaft (41) with the stem (30) of the needle-holder head (28) magnetic
coupling means (39, 40) are provided at the end of the actuator shaft (41) and, respectively, at the end of the part of the stem (30) of the needle-holder head (28) which protrudes from the attachment part (20) of the needle-holder cartridge (13). The magnetic
coupling means (30, 40) are adapted to stably, but releasably connect the actuator shaft (41) to the part of the stem (30) protruding from the attachment part (20) of the needle-holder cartridge (13), when the needle-holder cartridge (13) is operatively mounted on the grip portion (11). The attachment part (20) of the needle-holder cartridge (13) is provided with electric conducting means (22) adapted to come into contact with the electric terminals (21) of the electric circuit for energizing the
electric motor (M) of the device only when the needle-holder cartridge (13) is operatively mounted on the grip portion (11) of the device, in order to establish electric continuity between the electric terminals (21) of the electric circuit for energizing the
electric motor (M) of the device.