University of Texas at Austin researchers have designed an oral strip that relieves burns from hot foods and liquids.

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Burn yourself on your favorite hot refreshments no longer! University of Texas at Austin researchers have developed an oral strip that immediately numbs the pain from that venti pumpkin spice latté you couldn't wait to try and which scalded you for your impatience. Before this breakthrough, the only way to avoid burning your face on delicious food was to wait for it to cool down. And what year is this, again?

Users can apply the strips directly to the burn for a dose of benzocaine and therapeutic polymers. It essentially acts the same as a breath strip, sticking to your mouth and dissolving in your saliva. The research will be presented at the 2012 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition. The researchers, who are now based at the University of New Mexico, are currently working on a strip to treat more severe burns that last two to three days. How do we sign up to test the product? Maybe there will be free pizza.

[American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists]

9 Comments

Frozen chicken nuggets that, when microwaved, have oils underneath the breading that you can't see boiling. I've had the roof of my mouth peeling quite a few times, even after waiting a few minutes ... my poor nephews have probably encountered the same problem.

NOTE. Does not PREVENT burning, just stops the pain...

BREAKING NEWS!! You can be set on fire and NOT FEEL IT AT ALL if you first have someone put you to sleep!!

Kinda like those Anti depression meds that "May Cause Depression or Thoughts of Suicide"... One has to wonder who these things are getting marketed to or who thinks its a good idea.

The title of this article is COMPLETELY false. WTH happened to the editors of this 'zine?

Suppose anyone will purchase this product. What are the odds they will actually have it with them when they need it?
That is of course also supposing they are not dumb enough to intentionally scald themselves just so they can use said product.

I dont know, I personally like to think humans are more intelligent then Dogs/Pigs who will scarf down anything you drop no matter how hot it is..

If you are ever in such a hurry to eat that you can't wait the 2 minutes needed for things to cool down and would much rather shove a benzacain strip into your mouth.. then something is wrong with you.

This product DOES prevent the sensation of burning.

And Vapur9 sure does eat a lot of chicken nuggets...

that pizza looks reaaaaaally good.

BURNS
My Experiments - have been with superficial partial thickness burns; the success rate is 100%

Immediately treating this burn, pain is alleviated and abolished within five minutes and there will be little or no skin damage.

It will take approximately ten minutes of treatment to stop sepsis and alleviate pain on an older burn.

Sepsis can be controlled to all depths of the body and a treatment will effectively control a burn area of approximately one percent.

Not only does this Device speed up epithelialization, stop pain, stop sepsis but also eliminates shock (coma). "There is no other that can make and prove these claims!

In a short time after a burn and cure I found that I could reactivate the injury with the heat of the Sun or the likes of dishwater temperature leaving the recipient (with their permission) again with the excruciating pain of a second-degree burn. Treating the burn again, leaves the recipient with no pain after just a few minutes and just traces of a once forming blister. This demonstration uniquely leaves nothing for the skeptics.

When I perform a burn and cure using a match or boiling water, the heat activates something in the body to deteriorate or kill the skin. The forces emitting from this devise interfere with this something, stopping it's progression.

Yes it was the match that initiated what would be a burn but it is not the fire or heat of the match that does the resulting damage (skin, shock etc). (Fire is Water)!

So when someone says your a ball of fire, well you really, really are!

Putting ordinary sugar on the burn will immediately stop the pain for free, and it is available in any eating establishment. Just try it next time you burn the roof of your mouth. It works every time. And it doesn't require purchasing an unnecessary pharamceutical product that you will forget to bring with you when you need it. Of course, ideally you should not be so silly as to be snarfing down that straight from the oven cuisine, but mistakes happen. Ice cubes (also available in any eating establishment) work great to cool down that super-heated first bite.



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