ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,098, issued on Sept. 9.
"Nutating massage device" was invented by Charles Curley (Cortland, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld, motorized massage device includes four rollers having stimulating projections which each rotate upon motor-driven nutating axles to produce massage contact forces that pulsate bidirectionally along three orthogonal axes. Simultaneously, opposing pairs of nutating rollers counter rotate to produce alternating stretching and compression forces along the massage-receiving fascia surface. The nutating device combines the deep fascia benefits of percussive massage devices with the superficial fascia ...