# US 11,305,107 B2 · EMS garment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,305,107 B2 - Document ID: US11305107B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/574,737 - Filed: 2019-09-18 - Published: 2020-02-27 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-05 - Assignees: Miha Bodytec GmbH - Applicants: Miha Bodytec GmbH - Inventors: Jürgen Decker; Arno Körner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305107B2 ## CPC - A61N 1/0484: {Garment electrodes worn by the patient} - A41D 1/002: {adapted to accommodate electronic equipment (patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085)} - A41D 1/04: Vests, jerseys, sweaters or the like - A61N 1/0452: {Specially adapted for transcutaneous muscle stimulation [TMS]} - A61N 1/0492: {Patch electrodes (A61N1/0412, A61N1/0428 take precedence)} - A61N 1/321: {Electromedical belts} - A61N 1/36014: {External stimulators, e.g. with patch electrodes (external pacemakers A61N1/3625)} - A41D 2600/10: for sport activities - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES ## Abstract An EMS garment for enclosing a body part of a trainee during an EMS training session includes textile area sections and EMS electrodes for transmitting EMS stimuli from a connected EMS stimulation generating unit to the body part, which EMS electrodes are each connected to one of the textile area sections and are each formed as a pad or a textile structure section having an electrically conductive layer so as to flexibly snuggle to the body part. The textile area sections facing the front side and the rear side are connected along a height direction by stretch sections facing both flanks of the body part, each of which consists of a rubber-elastic, elastomeric solid material. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An EMS garment, forming a vest for enclosing a body part of a trainee during an EMS training session, comprising textile area sections for plane snuggeling to the body part, and EMS electrodes for transmitting EMS stimuli consisting of current pulses and/or alternating current with predetermined values such as amplitude and frequency from a connected EMS stimulation generating unit to the body part, which EMS electrodes are each connected to one of the textile area sections and are each formed as a pad or a textile structure section having an electrically conductive layer so as to flexibly snuggle to the body part, wherein the EMS garment comprises, in regions facing the front side and the rear side of the body part, at least one of the textile area sections, wherein the textile area sections facing the front side and the rear side are connected along a height direction of the erected body part by stretch sections facing both flanks of the body part, each of which consists of a rubber-elastic, elastomeric solid material, wherein: a flexibility of the stretch sections is greater than a flexibility of the textile area sections, the textile area section facing the rear side is formed in one piece and is connected on each of its two sides to at least one of the stretch sections, and the region of the EMS garment facing the front side being formed by two textile area sections of approximately equal size, which on their side facing the respective body flank are each connected to the at least one stretch portion there and which are connectable to one another for enclosing the body part with the EMS garment via a detachable closure such as a zipper or a plug-in connection. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) EMS garment according to claim 1, wherein the stretch sections are each designed as a planarly extending flat element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) EMS garment according to claim 2, wherein the stretch sections are each provided with holes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) EMS garment according to claim 3, wherein the holes are circular or oval. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) EMS garment according to claim 1, wherein on each of the two body flanks, only one of the stretch sections is provided and being formed in one piece. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) An EMS garment according to claim 5, wherein the elastomeric solid material of which the stretch sections consist is a vulcanized silicone rubber. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) An EMS garment according to claim 1, wherein the elastomeric solid material of which the stretch sections consist is a vulcanized silicone rubber. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) An EMS garment according to claim 7, wherein the stretch portions are sewn to the textile area sections. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) EMS garment according to claim 7, wherein the textile area section facing the rear side, and also the textile area sections on the front side, carry EMS electrodes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) EMS garment according to claim 7, wherein the EMS electrodes have a structure not being elastically stretchable. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) EMS garment according to claim 10, wherein at least each textile area section carrying EMS electrodes consists of an elastane-free textile material not being non elastically stretchable. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) EMS garment according to claim 1, wherein the textile area section facing the rear side, and also the textile area sections on the front side, carry EMS electrodes.