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Medicine

Submission + - An artificial heart for $2000 From IIT-Kharagpur

veeren76 writes: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/An-artificial-heart-for-Rs-1-lakh-courtesy-IIT-Kgp/articleshow/4284452.cms

It'll be to coronary care what Nano is to cars, say scientists at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, who have devised an
artificial heart that could save lives for just Rs 1 lakh.

The research team says trials of the prototype lab--constructed heart have been successful on small animals and the gadget is being perfected on goats. The institute has applied for permission to conduct human trials.

The Total Artificial Heart (TAH) — said to be the first such in the country — has been developed by a team of scientists at IIT-Kgp's school of medical science
and technology.

After four years of painstaking research, the scientists say their creation is better and far more affordable than the first artificial heart developed in the US, which showed a ``high rate failure'' and at Rs 30 lakh, beyond the reach of the common man.

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