Patent ID: 11957638
Assignee: THERABODY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A suction assembly comprising:
a therapy unit comprising:
a housing extending along a longitudinal direction;
a plurality of inlets provided at a first end of the housing, at least one inlet being disposed at an exterior surface of the housing;
a plurality of outlets provided at a second end of the housing;
a pump in fluid communication with the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets; and
a body provided at the first end of the housing and extending through a bottom surface of the housing, wherein the body is configured to apply a supplemental therapy to a skin surface; and

a cup that defines a first opening, a second opening, and a wall between the first opening and the second opening, the first opening is configured to be removably connected to an intermediate portion of the housing and the second opening is configured to interface with the skin surface to define a chamber within the cup,
wherein the pump is configured to reduce a pressure within the chamber and to draw the skin surface into the chamber by pumping gas from the chamber into the plurality of inlets and exhausting the gas out the plurality of outlets,
wherein the wall of the cup is translucent and the suction assembly is dimensioned to provide a user with a view into the chamber through the wall of the cup that is substantially unobstructed by the housing, and
wherein the plurality of inlets are spaced apart from the bottom surface and disposed between the bottom surface and the intermediate portion.