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Developed by engineers at IIT-Kanpur, ‘Hridayantra’ has the potential of saving the lives of patients .. and that too at a tenth of the cost of the currently available options across the world.  
theprint.in/science/at-iit…
"To be implanted just below the heart, the small battery-operated pumping device comes with a rotating motor which helps pump blood throughout the body"
"“There are total artificial heart pumps and there are Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), but these can cost over Rs 1 crore a piece, which is far from being accessible even for the upper middle class in India,”
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