Appeal No. 2004-0363
Application 09/176,866
15. A therapy massage device comprising:
a housing;
a motor mounted to the housing;
a vacuum pump mounted to the housing;
a drive cable operatively connected to the motor;
a massage head operatively driven by the cable;
an applicator removably mounted to the massage head, said
applicator having a concave shaped cavity formed in an end
surface of it, and a connection tube attached to said applicator
head in operative communication with the cavity, said connection
tube capable of applying at least a partial vacuum to the cavity
so as to draw and stretch fibrous tissue within substantially the
entire cavity, the cavity having a size about the size of the end
surface;
a vacuum line connected between the connection tube of the
applicator and the vacuum pump, said vacuum line drawing
contaminates from the cavity through said connection tube; and
a control system mounted to the housing which is selectively
operated to provide suction and vibration to the body through the
applicator head.
19. The device of claim 18 further including a second
filter operatively associated with the vacuum line.
PRIOR ART REFERENCES
As evidence of unpatentability of the claimed subject matter
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) or § 103, the examiner relies on the
following prior art references:
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