Patent ID: 7957816

Claim:
Apparatus for applying an electrical current to the quadriceps muscle comprising: a garment adapted to cover a portion of a user's leg; and a stimulation device for generating a stimulating current connectable to a plurality of fixed electrical contacts on said garment; wherein the garment is provided with a mark to correspond, in use, with the upper portion of the patella; and wherein a predetermined displacement of each fixed electrical contact relative to said mark ensures accurate and repeatable positioning of each fixed electrical contact with respect to predetermined positions over the quadriceps muscle to be treated, said predetermined positions being (a) covering at least part of the upper fibres of the quadriceps, (b) covering at least part of the femoral nerve, (c) covering at least part of the distal quadriceps fibres, (d) covering at least part of the lower fibres of the vastus medialis, and (e) covering at least part of the extreme lateral fibres of the quadriceps.