Patent ID: 8308482

Claim:
Training apparatus comprising: plural electrodes attachable to respective locations of a body of a patient; a harness wearable by the trainee and enveloping at least portions of the trainee's torso, shoulders, and upper thighs; at least one battery supported by the harness; at least one wireless receiver assembly supported by the harness; at least one hand-held controller wirelessly communicating with the wireless receiver assembly and bearing plural keys manipulable by a trainer to send activation signals to the wireless receiver assembly, the wireless receiver assembly responsive to the activation signals causing the battery to activate one or more of the electrodes selectively and thereby cause contraction of at least one muscle of the trainee that is closely juxtaposed with the electrode activated by the battery to simulate a gunshot wound at the site of the electrode activated by the battery; and at least one switch electrically disposed between the battery and at least one electrode and operable automatically to open an electrical circuit between the battery and electrode to deactivate the electrode responsive to a determination that the controller is deenergized or malfunctioning.