{"id":107437,"date":"2021-01-23T10:54:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T10:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=107437"},"modified":"2021-01-23T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T10:54:15","slug":"first-indigenous-flow-diverter-stent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/first-indigenous-flow-diverter-stent\/","title":{"rendered":"First Indigenous Flow Diverter Stent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) is located in which of the following state?<br><\/strong>a) Tamil Nadu<br>b) Kerala<br>c) Maharashtra<br>d) Gujarat<br><strong>Answer: (b)<br>Related Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India will soon have access to the country\u2019s first indigenous flow diverter stent and the Nitinol-based occluder devices.<\/li><li>The first device, a Flow Diverter stent is to be for diverting blood flow away from localized ballooning of arteries in the brain.<\/li><li>Second set of devices is Nitinol-based occluder devices, which are presently used to heal Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) or hole in the heart.<\/li><li>It should be known that Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) or hole in the heart is the condition that affects 8 out of every 1000 living babies born.<\/li><li>Nitinol-based occluder devices are currently imported to meet the ASD treatment demands in India.<\/li><li>At present India does not manufacture also flow diverters stents, which are needed for diverting blood flow away from an intracranial aneurysm or localized ballooning of arteries in the brain.<\/li><li>Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) has took the initiative to manufacture these devices.<\/li><li>SCTIMST is an autonomous institute of the Department of Science &amp; Technology (DST), Govt. of India, under the Technical Research Centre (TRC).<\/li><li>The institute has entered into Technology Transfer Agreements with Pune based Biorad Medisys for two these biomedical implant devices.<\/li><li>These devices are Atrial Septal Defect Occluder and an Intracranial Flow Diverter Stents.<\/li><li>SCTIMST is developing these devices in collaboration with National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore (CSIR-NAL) using superelastic NiTiNOL alloys.<\/li><li>The Technology Transfer Agreements agreements were signed by Dr. K. Jayakumar, Director, SCTIMST, and Mr. Jitendra Hedge, Managing Director, Biorad Medisys.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1689298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1689298<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) is located in which of the following state?a) Tamil Nadub) Keralac) Maharashtrad) GujaratAnswer: (b)Related Facts: India will soon have access to the country\u2019s first indigenous flow diverter stent and the Nitinol-based occluder devices. 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