#AnAffordableHeart
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…
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,”
"However, with ‘Hridayantra’, the research team hopes to find a ‘destination therapy’ — a solution that would work for a lifetime."
The device is not going to be cheap because it will be the most advanced version of LVAD available so far. However, we are trying to keep the cost of the product at around Rs 10 lakh — which is about a tenth of the cost of currently available options in the market,”
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