Zabolotsky is also developing products similar to Bite Helper technology. Zabolotsky said the benefits of the device are that it is cost-effective and it poses no hazard to humans or the environment. The product was placed on the market in 2016 to a test audience, where researchers could identify if there was an acceptance in the market for technology-based solutions to combat bug bites versus the creams and ointments that consumers are used to using.īy 2018, Zabolotsky said five or six similar products emerged on the market to compete with Bite Helper, as more companies saw the opportunity for sales. “Malaria takes a long time to develop, there is an incubation period before the malaria parasite develops in the bloodstream, but if we can get the affected area heated up within hours of the bite, the likelihood of it spreading are close to zero,” said Zabolotsky. The product has already been tested in mice that were injected with Malaria, and researchers noticed that most of the mice which received the treatment of Bite Helper lived, while the mice that did not receive the treatment died. However, while the device helps to neutralize bug bites, it also could potentially serve to prevent the spread of diseases like Malaria and Dengue.
Zabolotsky compared the ability of the device to neutralize a bug bite through heat to the way our body naturally responds to sickness, through a fever, as it attempts to raise the temperature to kill from within and overcome the disease.
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