Patent ID: 7384404

Claim:
An Apparatus for treating cellulite in the tissue of a user to be used with a vacuum source, comprising: a housing having a bottom portion; a first opening on the housing for fluid communication with the vacuum source; a second opening on the housing in fluid communication with the first opening, wherein the second opening is located adjacent the bottom portion to induce air flow from beneath said bottom portion toward said vacuum source; a plurality of roller balls captured in said bottom in a common plane and extending therefrom, said balls disposed around the second opening for engaging the tissue of the user in said common plane as said housing is urged across a surface of said tissue; and, means for modulating the differential pressure between said vacuum source and said second opening wherein said modulating means comprises a rotor mounted for rotation by air flow through said modulating means wherein said rotor includes a one or more air flow openings intermittently obscured during said rotation.