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Harvest of awards at Geneva's Invention Expo Silver Medal Adaptive Hydrotherapy Wetsuit

Principal Investigator: Dr Kristina Shin,
Institute of Textiles and Clothing

Dr Kristina Shin (right) and her winning invention

Dr Kristina Shin (right) and her winning invention (left)

This user-operated Adaptive Hydrotherapy Wetsuit is tailored for people with limited mobility, especially paraplegic patients and the elderly. With its self-operating features including an adjustable strap with buckles, movable foam panels, sliding bar and detachable foam for limbs, the wetsuit can be operated easily by patients or with help from only a physiotherapist during hydrotherapy. Serving as body-wear collar, cuffs, gloves and rings all at once, this all-in-one wetsuit thus increases patients' sense of independence.