Pain relief and deswelling by mobile thermotherapy

The portable mollicool thermotherapy system provides optimal cooling after trauma, surgery, exercise and during rehabilitation independent of freezer infrastructure and electric grid.

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mollicool thermotherapy system

Thermal optimized mollicool thermotherapy system: mollicool is a novel thermotherapy product providing superior user benefits by physiologically optimal cooling and warming combined with unprecedented convenience of use. It consists of a portable, battery powered cooling device and the fully encapsulated molliPad cooling bandage. mollicool can be operated independently of refrigerator infrastructure and electrical grid for at least 2 hours providing much desired mobility to its users.
Thermal optimization provides for rapid cooling and heating with the desired temperature being reachable within only minutes.
Its low weight in comparison to existing cooling therapy systems makes mollicool the #1 choice for true portability and user convenience.

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MOLLIPad

molliPad

The fully encapsulated molliPad cooling bandage: does away with leakage or even handling of coolant and provides for maximum convenience of use.
Different molliPads are designed and manufactured to fit any area of application and body region.
The heat exchanger side of the ready for use molliPad is plugged into the cooling bay of the mollicool device while the cooling bandage side of molliPad is attached to the body part desired to be cooled or warmed. No contact to the cooling fluid is required at any time resulting in superior hygiene and ease of use.

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The mollicool thermotherapy system fits your needs: use the molliPad specifically designed for your application area in combination with commercially available bandages and ortheses.

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Benefits

Optimal cooling effect

Adjust the desired treatment temperature to anywhere between 5°C and 43°C as appropriate for your application.

Portable

The lightweight design and Li-Ion batteries keep you mobile even during treatment.

Convenient

No need for coolant! Just turn the mollicool device on, plug in the heat-exchanger of the molliPad and you’re ready to go.

Hygiene and low-maintenance

The completely encapsulated system is easy to clean and meets highest hygiene standards.

Use cases

Thermotherapy provides significant benefits in many applications by yielding pain relief and de-swelling. Patients will require less pain medication. The precise temperature control guarantees optimal healing progress and prevents tissue damages due to frostbite. The desirable mobilization or patients in rehabilitation is supported through the low weight of the device enabling mobile use outside of clinic and practice.

Trauma

Post-surgery ­&shy­thermo therapy­

Rehabilitation

Pain Points

Dental

Plastic surgery

Professional sports

Who we are

Origin and motivation

Everything started when our former colleague, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mollenhauer (†) complained about his swollen, aching ankle, which had been fractured months before and had had surgery, yet still wasn’t healing. “If only there were a cooling device to reduce pain and swelling, which wasn’t so ice cold…” So, what temperature should it be? Surprisingly, 10 – 20°C was the answer.

A few hours later, one of the founders put a cooling element on Prof. Mollenhauers table, built from spare parts in the lab: a peltier device with fan and copper sheet to draw body heat. Surprised by Jürgen’s euphoric response we thought: “if this meek prototype is received so well, we might as well develop this into a medical device business." mollicool was born.

Vision

mollicool aspires to set and define a new standard in thermal physiotherapy with respect to medical quality, precision of cooling therapy, ease of use and superior user experience.

Mission

Our mission is to provide patients, physicians and caregivers with devices and bandages of superior functionality, ease of use, portability and quality to provide physiologically optimal thermotherapy, enjoyable experience, surprising performance, when and where you need it.

History

Science2Start Award, Measurement of required heat flow rate

  • mollicool originated at the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen.
  • In 2017, mollicool won the 2nd place in the Science2Start contest.
  • Publication: Link, G. and M. Stelzle (2017). "Measurement of temperature dependent heat flow rate from human limbs towards thermoelectric cooling device." Medical Devices and Diagnostic Engineering 2(1): 72-74.
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Our team

The mollicool team consists of experts in their respective field including business development as well as medical device engineering. Together with our advisory board we strive for products that will help our patients to get well soon and provide them with a superior user experience while using mollicool.

Stefan Thiele

Stefan Thiele

M.Sc. General Management
B.Sc. Internat. Business

Business development

Dr. Martin Stelzle

Dr. Martin Stelzle

Dr. rer. nat. Physics
Dipl. Physicist

Technical development

Advisory board and partners

Prof. Dr. Katja Schenke-Layland

NMI lab director

Medical technology is one of the core competences of the NMI and supporting the creation of successful high tech startups is at the heart of NMI’s mission. We are therefore delighted to support the MOLLICool team in its development of a truly innovative medical device.

Dr. Stefan Raible

deputy lab director, entrepreneur, mentor of mollicool team

As founder of my own company I am well aware of the hurdles on the way to creating a business. It is my great pleasure to advice such an enthusiastic and competent team on their way to making mollicool successful.

Dr. Thomas Reichthalhammer

MEDTECH360, Advisor Regulatory Affairs

As a founder of a medical device spin-off myself, I am pleased to advise and guide the mollicool team in the establishment of the complex technical documentation required to enable timely and successful market entrance.

Dr. Dietmar Schaffarzcyk

stimOS GmbH, Regulatory Affairs, 13485 Certification

The novel medical device regulations are extremely demanding for a startup such as mollicool on their way to gain certification of their enterprise and approval for their product. As the mollicool device relates to numerous norms requiring a tailored QM system, we provide competent support for mollicool on their way to the market for medical devices.

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The NMI has an impressive track record as incubator for high tech startups with 15 spin-offs founded so far during its 35 years of activity. The NMI hosts the mollicool team in its incubator and provides comprehensive technical and administrative support.

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