Patent ID: 7747327

Claim:
A device for electrically stimulating abdominal muscles of a subject, comprising: a belt for extending around the waist of the subject; a first electrode, a second electrode, and two side electrodes; the first and second electrodes corresponding to a pair of spaced main locating marks on the belt for locating the first and second electrodes adjacent, but not on, the umbilicus of the subject; and the two side electrodes corresponding to two secondary locating marks on the belt, disposed on respective opposite sides of, and spaced apart from, the main locating marks, for locating the two side electrodes on or adjacent the respective mid-axillary lines of the subject on respective notional lines extending from the umbilicus to the mid-point of the corresponding mid-axillary line between the rib cage and the corresponding one of the left and right iliac crests; wherein the device is configured so that application of at least one pulsed signal to the subject through selected respective spaced electrodes stimulates the abdominal muscles of the subject.