MASSAGING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SUCKING AND STIMULATING EFFECT UPON SKIN SURFACE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medical equipment. SUBSTANCE: manual apparatus has casing connected to vacuumizer, internal chamber open at side adapted for contacting with patient's body, and device located in internal chamber and adapted for providing mechanical action resulting in skin bending. Chamber is extending along the whole width of casing and has open ends. Said device is composed of at least two movable units arranged at ends of casing, pressed in hermetically sealing relation to side walls and overlapping side openings of internal chamber. Massaging apparatus allows direction of action to be changed through 360 deg. EFFECT: increased sucking and stimulating action upon skin and simplified construction. 5 cl, 4 dwg