Appeal No. 2004-0363
Application 09/176,866
a housing;
a motor associated with said housing;
a drive cable operatively connected to said motor;
a massage head driven by said motor through said cable, said
motor imparting mechanical oscillations to said massage head;
an applicator removably mounted to said massage head for
transferring the mechanical oscillations to the body, said
applicator head further having a cavity formed in an end surface
of the applicator for permitting skin to be drawn inwardly of the
cavity, the cavity being substantially the size of the end
surface, and a connection tube formed in said applicator, said
tube communicating with said cavity, said connection tube capable
of applying at least a partial vacuum to the cavity so as to draw
and stretch fibrous tissue of the human body within the cavity,
said connection tube being removable with said applicator and
adapted to pass contaminants from the cavity;
a vacuum pump associated with said housing; and
a connection between said vacuum pump and said applicator to
impart at least a partial vacuum in the cavity of the applicator
so that placement of the head on a human body results in the
application of a force combination of mechanical oscillation and
suction, said connection including a suction line carried
externally of said drive cable, said suction line having a first
end operatively connected to said vacuum pump and a second end
operatively attached to said connector tube, said connection tube
drawing contaminants from the cavity through said connection
tube.
2. A massage apparatus of claim 1 further including a speed
control associated with said housing for controlling the speed of
the motor.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 further including a second vile
for collecting air born containment’s operatively associated in
said vacuum line.
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