Wearable tech deep touch pressure hug vest

What is Tjacket?

Tjacket is a wearable technology vest that provides customizable deep touch pressure hugs that help calm and comfort people who are anxious or stressed, improving their coping ability and attentiveness.

The vest uses adjustable air pressure compression that is controlled automatically via a smartphone/tablet/iPhone/iPad app. A built-in sensor in the vest monitors user movement activity (sitting, standing, walking, rocking and running) which is an indicator of arousal levels, to help track if user's arousal regulation falls within the optimal band. This also helps to track the progress the user makes in on-seat behaviour.

Developed in collaboration with senior occupational therapists, university researchers, clinical psychologists and educators, Tjacket has helped people who are sensory seeking and/or sensory over-responsive.

Tjacket helps sensory seeking children and adults settle down quickly and improve attentiveness during seated activities (for examples: reading, writing, drawing, other fine-motor activities, speech therapy sessions, meal-times etc). It also helps sensory over-responsive individuals take control and cope in situations where they may feel stressed and anxious (eg: crowded places, shopping malls, public transport, restaurants etc).

Lateral Pressure

Pressure is applied in the most effective way - directly perpendicular to the body.

This creates the comforting feeling of the surround-sound equivalent type of hug pressure that you will receive. If Tjacket will be used on a child, using lateral air pressure is preferred to using physical weights (in weighted products) as it does not impact a developing skeletal system.

The Science Behind Tjacket

Easy and Precise Control

Tjacket's app interface is intuitive and simple to operate. The automatic pump is controlled by the app.

In addition to automated pressure programs, you can choose to manually adjust pressure intensity. There are 5 levels of pressure for you to experiment with, allowing incremental adjustments to be made until the preferred pressure is reached.