Introducing America’s first cooling vest (9,339,066) that utilizes wearable technology (Vest). The main purpose of this utility patented garment is to cool the body's core temperature. The two main functions that make our device novel and innovative are (1) the Data Analytics technology and (2) its ability to extract heat and moisture from the body using a kinetic energy assisted device. Our vest is a state of the art cooling vest specifically designed for long term sustainability, and comfort. Our vest is specifically configured to monitor, record, and report the individual’s vital signs. This information is then transmitted to an app and uploaded to any smart device or computer

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Problem & Solution

 

Problem: Prolonged or intense exposure to hot temperatures can cause heat-related illnesses such as heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat stroke. Heatstroke has been determined to be the number one cause of death for heat related illnesses. As your body works to cool itself under extreme or prolonged heat, blood rushes to the surface of your skin. In most cases death can occur and is what experts (CDC) are seeing among athletes from multiple sports at all level. With more high schools and college athletic facilities transitioning from natural grass to artificial turf, studies are showing a 35 to 55 degree increase in field temperature. Thus our athletes on a 90 degree day could be playing in 125 to 145 degree temperatures. Some fields across the country have been recorded to have temperatures as high as 160 -200 degrees. With over 8 million student athletes in high school and college the CDC has estimated that more than 9,000 high school athletes are treated for heat illness each year.

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The other concern that inspired us to create this vest was to help the 400,000 people in the United States and the 2.5 million worldwide suffering with Multiple Sclerosis.

 

Solution: As stated earlier our vest is the only one on the market that can cool the individual’s body down while taking, recording and reporting the wears vital signs. Shifting from self-help to medical help, Shiva’s technology has the opportunity to make health care more efficient, convenient and effective for both patients and doctors.

 

Example:  Let’s say an athletic trainer had ten athletes wearing our vest before, during, or after an event. The vital signs taken from the athletes will be uploaded from the sensors in the vest, to blue tooth, then to any smart device. For large organizations an app with login capabilities will be provided to the trainer so they can monitor all athletes’ vital signs at once. This login service could come with a subscription fee.