Mashhad University professor awarded in Geneva

A Mashhad University of Medical Sciences professor has been awarded in the 42nd International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.
Dr. Ehsan Soltani won the gold medal and special prize for inventions of Switzerland.

Soltani, who is specialist in general surgery and a lecturer, won the prize for design and manufacture of device for blood exchange transfusion for infants with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.

The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva was held 1-7 April with inventors from US, France, Germany, Korea Republic, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, Spain, and Iran in different fields.

Dr. Soltani said about the invention presented in the exhibition that the gold medal was awarded to the invention of automotive device used for Blood exchange transfusion for infants with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.

However he added that blood transfusion for infants with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia was now carried out by nurses and by hand. “Operation of the device and all clinical tests has been done within borders, which minimizes the human error and controls the blood transfusion automatically,” he added.