Iranian Researchers Invent Bruise-Healing Device Working without Electricity

Mohammad Mehdi Khosrovinia and Negar Badami, students of the fourth year at School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Islamic Azad University of Tehran, are the two young Iranian researchers that have made a unique device that has no foreign-made counterpart and can treat bruises by cooling, heating and injecting ointment mechanism without using electricity.

"This bruise-remover device includes two parts. The first part of the mentioned device can utilize hot and cold compresses to treat bruises without using electricity. The second part contains an ointment that consists of a combination of several plant extracts, including aloe vera," Khosravinia said.

He went on to say that some capsules are installed in the device that work similar to cooling devices (CoolPad) by creating chemical reactions of heater and heatsink.

Khosravinia further explained how he and his colleague started thinking about their new invention and said, "When I had a nose surgery (rhinoplasty) and during the one-week recovery period, I had to use a cold compress on my nose and forehead to heal the bruises and swelling caused by the operation. Actually this was a difficult and boring action, so I decided to invent a mechanism within the form of a portable and comfortable device for treating bruises caused by accidents, surgeries, shocks and contusions, which can cool the body organ without using electricity.

"A main characteristic of the device is producing the required cold up to a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius for five hours," he added.

"There is no similar sample of this product anywhere in the world. The bruise treatment device is now in the prototype stage, and we are estimating for its industrial production," the Iranian researcher underlined.

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