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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.
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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.