Jay Dhaliwal is a Canadian tech entrepreneur and inventor who transitioned from the software and dot-com era to neuro-innovation. Unlike many in the wellness space, his expertise comes from computer science and neuroscience, through which he aims to treat the human body’s neural pathways as software that can be “re-coded” for better performance.
The technology Dhaliwal has helped develop over the past decade, called Super Patch, uses Vibrotactile Trigger Technology (VTT™), a method that delivers precise vibrational patterns through the skin to communicate directly with the nervous system.
Dhaliwal has made it his life’s mission to find a better way to treat underlying medical conditions. This mission stems from a family tragedy that occurred decades before his invention.
The Origins of Vibrotactile Trigger Technology
The inspiration for creating VTT™ arose from an event in 1983. During this time, Dhaliwal’s mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Over two years, he watched her decline. She went from vibrant and unstoppable to nearly fully disabled.
The limitations of modern medicine, especially in the 80s, gave Dhaliwal a purpose and a goal in life: to fix the body’s underlying “broken signals.”
The entrepreneur and inventor would spend 15 years traveling the globe, consulting with experts, and researching whether scientists could restore broken signals in the brain through the skin without drugs or surgery. The result became Super Patch.
Super Patch: The Everyday, Wearable Neurotech
While many wellness brands focus on external products, such as pills or powders, Super Patch introduces the concept of “Inner Technology”, technology designed to work inside the body by interacting with its sensory interfaces, particularly the skin.
“A spokesperson for Super Patch describes the company’s philosophy: “We view the skin as the body’s most powerful, untapped sensory interface. What sets us apart is Vibrotactile Trigger Technology (VTT™).”
VTT™ uses micro-encoded patterns to talk with the body by engaging the skin’s mechanosensory system with pre-engineered tactile patterns. When this pattern contacts the skin, it stimulates receptors, such as PIEZO ion channels, that convert mechanical input into electrical signaling. When these signals ascend through peripheral neural pathways to the central nervous system, they recalibrate sensory processing.
This technology, which has scaled into a $100M-a-year company, showcases the power behind the science, which has been reviewed in six peer-reviewed, published clinical studies. Those who use the patches have reported that Super Patch may help with better sleep, less discomfort, and a clearer mind.
Super Patch would eventually come as a “Full Circle” moment, when, after struggling for decades with MS, Dhaliwal’s mother would use the technology and say she “felt like herself again.”
The Future of Super Patch
Jay Dhaliwal and the team behind Super Patch aim to create the “Third Option” behind wellness. As a drug-free, non-invasive wellness option, Super Patch aims to honor the body’s innate intelligence and help people move away from the “chemical-first” mindset that many believe is the end-all, be-all.
“Our dream is to empower people on every continent to take back control of their vitality, proving that the most sophisticated healing tool in existence is already inside them,” the team at Super Patch shares.
As Super Patch continues to reach users around the globe, Jay Dhaliwal has always kept his promise to help his mother and others regain their sense of control and vitality. With new technologies, such as those found in Super Patch, science aims to create new options for people by triggering the brain in new ways.