TOMSK, Oct 20 – RIA Tomsk. Indian clinics become interested in the pocket devices developed in Tomsk for removal of electrocardiograms at home; deliveries of production can begin in 2017, the deputy director of SRI of cardiology on innovative activity and strategic development Shamil Akhmedov reported RIA Tomsk on Thursday.
Earlier it was reported that scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) developed home electrocardiographs which are equipped with function of sending the ECG to the attending physician. Tests of devices take place on the basis of scientific research institute of cardiology. In October the project was submitted on the round table on biomedical technologies passing in India within the BRICS Summit.
"Both the private huge Indian hospital, and government institution become interested. I was asked: how much time do you need to be able to bring the project to the stage when it can be brought to the market. By our estimates, on it about half a year is required. Thus, in 2017 we perhaps will begin deliveries. But they were ready to buy though now", – Akhmedov told.
At a press conference in the RIA Tomsk media center he explained that the main difference (and advantage) of the device that removal of the ECG doesn't require special gel for electrodes: they just nestle on a body. Data through a sim card are transferred to a cloud service, and from there arrive to the attending physician.He added that now scientists should finish a technical part of the project. In particular, to think of the special software which will allow to process quickly data and to transfer them to the doctor when the account of devices goes to thousands.
According to Akhmedov, the market for such devices is huge. "It can be used at home, at the country, on fishing, in life, in the bus... In each house it is norm now to have the device for measurement of pressure and if business goes, then, we consider, in each house there has to be also such ECG device", – he noted.