Fire-resistant evacuation envelopes for newborns, developed under the guidance of Maria Lisanevich, Associate Professor of the Department of Medical Engineering, are the result of the university's cooperation with Thermopol LLC, where the development was tested. The project was created as part of a student startup, authored by a third-year student of the Department of Medical Engineering, Tatiana Voloshina.

The product has such properties as cold protection for all climatic zones of Russia, environmental friendliness, and it also prevents the impact of high temperatures on the newborn (in case of emergency situations).

"Today there are rescue bags and cameras for transporting newborns, but as a rule, the child is put there in ordinary diapers. During transportation, a baby on the street can get hypothermia," - explained Maria Sergeevna.

The key features of the development are light weight and comfortable design: it can be unwrapped without problems, and the Velcro allows to fasten the envelope quickly, which is important in emergency situations.

Last year KNRTU's know-how was presented at the Russian Venture Forum and was highly appreciated by Rustam Minnikhanov, Rais (Head) of the Republic of Tatarstan. And lately the Federal Service for Intellectual Property issued a patent for utility model No. 2023121185/09(046312) "Envelope for saving newborns in emergency situations".

“The idea of accelerating the obtaining of a patent came to us after participating in the Venture Forum. It took us six months to obtain a patent. This is my first experience of this kind. I consider this to be an important milestone in the development of the project realized within the framework of a student startup," - says Tatiana Voloshina.

In the nearest future, the first batch of evacuation envelopes will be sewn and sent to medical facilities for testing.