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

Claim 0:
1. A suction assembly comprising:
a therapy unit comprising:
a housing extending along a longitudinal direction;
an inlet provided at a first end of the housing;
an outlet provided at a second end of the housing;
a pump in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet; 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 and a 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 body is movable in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the pump is configured to reduce a pressure within the chamber to draw the skin surface into the chamber by pumping gas from the chamber into the inlet and exhausting the gas out the outlet,
wherein in response to the skin surface being drawn into the chamber the body moves in the longitudinal direction to maintain contact with the skin surface, and
wherein the inlet is spaced apart from the bottom surface and disposed between the bottom surface and the intermediate portion.