Patent ID: 7166082

Claim:
A device for treating a human, said device comprising: a chest belt adapted to extend around the chest of a patient; an abdominal belt adapted to extend around the abdomen of the patient; a first drive spool operably connected to a motor through a first clutch, the first drive spool engaging the chest belt such that rotation of the first drive spool causes the chest belt to spool upon the first drive spool; a second drive spool operably connected to the motor through a second clutch, the second drive spool engaging the abdominal belt such that rotation of the second drive spool causes the abdominal belt to spool upon the second drive spool; a control module which controls the operation of the chest belt and the abdominal belt to cause the chest belt to be spooled upon the first drive spool and unspooled from the first drive spool and cause the abdominal belt to be spooled upon the second drive spool and unspooled from the second drive spool wherein the control module is further programmed to determine slack take-up of the chest belt and slack take-up of the abdominal belt.