Patent ID: 7369895
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A61N,A63B

Abstract:
1. A device for administering electro-muscle stimulation, comprising a flexible covering having a plurality of spaced apart electrodes, said electrodes disposed in a pattern upon said flexible covering which matches a predetermined group of human muscles, so that when said flexible covering is placed upon a user, said electrodes are proximate to the predetermined group of muscles, the muscles being the upper portion of the rectus abdominis, the lower portion of the rectus abdominis, the right obliques, and the left obliques, said electrodes proximate the upper and lower portions of the rectus abdominis connected together in a first channel to carry a first channel electrical input signal, the first channel configured to direct the first channel electrical input signal simultaneously to the electrodes proximate the upper and lower portions of the rectus abdominis, and said electrodes proximate the right and left obliques connected together in a second channel to carry a second channel electrical input signal, the second channel configured to direct the second channel electrical input signal simultaneously to the electrodes proximate the right and left obliques wherein the first channel and the second channel each have a diverging control having an input line, and output lines connected to their respective electrodes, wherein an increase in the voltage applied to one of the electrodes results in a decrease in voltage applied to the other electrode within each respective channel.