Martial Arts enthusiast, Physicist and author Jason Thalken has recently obtained a patent for a headgear design that he hopes can reduce head trauma and the incidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in contact sports.
In en effort to bring attention to this patent Thalken has published the full text of his patent to Researchgate and is available here.
Headgrear for Reducing Head Trauma Patent Material
I won’t pretend to have a physics or engineering background capable of dissecting the potential efficacy of this product but if other physicists agree that Thalken’s designs hold potential the combat sports and contact sports world should help him secure the funding he needs to get this product off the ground.
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