Biomechanical Suit

Inventor:  Harry Nafpliotis PhD PT

  • New and improved way to relieve discomfort,
  • Features a suit that is equipped with weighted pockets for enhancing muscle balance.
  • Provides good posture and fitness.
  • Includes a zipper that enables a person to easily slip the suit on and off.
  • Provides the user relief from painful spinal conditions resulting from poor posture.
  • Corrects physical problems.
  • Fully adjustable allowing it to fit most people.
  • Prevents the need for expensive surgery or incapacitating casting.
  • Simple and uncomplicated enabling it to be easily mass-produced at very affordable price.
  • Fills a real need for the millions of individuals who want an n easy and yet comfortable way of relieving pain or posture problems.
  • Utilized outlets currently being used in the medical industry.
  • May be featured in industry catalogs, appropriate magazines, home shopping networks, and over the Internet.
  • Has bee successfully tested and proven with the use of a working prototype.
  • Is a United States Patented product that opens up a new and highly profitable product line with unlimited national and international marketing opportunities.
  • See pictures below

Figure 1-1 and 1-2

A biomechanical suit comprises a body suit of a material such as Lycra or Spandex or a combination with polyester which includes plurality of weighted pockets located posterolaterally for enhancing muscle balance to provides good posture and cardiovascular fitness.  The suit extends proximally from the neck at the level of throat flexure anteriorly. A plastic zipper extends from the C-3 level and includes a plurality of specifically positioned pockets to receive predetermined weights which also provide resistive exercises for fitness purposes.

 

Figure 2-1 and 2-3

A biomechanical suit comprises a mini-short and shorts connected front and rear by suspenders.  The shirt starts proximally from the level of C-3 vertebra and extends down to T-8 and includes a zipper from T-8 to C-3.  Two spaced front suspenders are mounted to the lower edge of the shirt and are adjustably coupled to the shorts.  The rear suspenders are attached proximally and distally a predetermined distance bilaterally from the vertebral column.  The distal attachment is through a tensiometer which adjusts the tension to correct unusual kyphotic or scoliotic conditions.


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