Patent ID: 6539946
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A process for reducing cellulite in a person possessing cellulite, which comprises the steps of:i) providing a sealable chamber which is capable of receiving the body of a person excluding the head, and which chamber is capable of maintaining any portion of such body at a pressure other than atmospheric pressure; ii) causing a portion of said body to be contained in said sealable chamber and subsequently closing said chamber gas-tight; iii) causing the pressure within said chamber to be reduced to a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure to a threshold pressure level; iv) causing the pressure within said chamber to be elevated to a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; and v) repeating steps iii) and iv) above an effective number of times for improving the appearance of said person possessing cellulite, and finally causing the pressure within said chamber to return to atmospheric pressure.