Thai team wins gold with smart heart device


Life-saving: The AFR can expand the wall of the upper left chamber of the heart. — The Nation/ANN

Nuremberg: King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi’s Smart Material Laboratory has won a gold medal from the International Trade Fair of Ideas, Inventions and New Products, (iENA2019), held recently in Nuremberg, Germany, Assoc Prof Anak Khantachawana of KMUTT’s Bioengineering Faculty, announced this week.

The research team, made up of members of the Smart Material Laboratory and cardiovascular doctors from Ramathibodi Hospital lead by Dr Theerapat Yingchonjaroen, won the award for their “Atrial Flow Regulator from Smart Material for Heart Failure Patients.”

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