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Apr

21

2021

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Global Launch of COVIRAP – Nucleic acid-based Point-of-Care Diagnostic Device for COVID-19 and beyond

Spotlight Innovationcommercialization, covid, Covid-19, COVIRAP, diagnostic, microbial, nasal swab, Nucleic Acid, oral swab, Point of Care, technology transfer, testing technology

Highlights A generic step-wise isothermal nucleic acid-based testing technology for the rapid diagnostics of pathogenic infections including but not limited to SARS-CoV-2 in individuals. Nasal Swab/ Saliva to result from integration in about 45 minutes in a highly affordable pre-programmable portable device developed by the team, without requiring any separate facility for RNA extraction. Kit supplemented with a free smartphone app to facilitate unambiguous results interpretation and automated dissemination to the patients. The test may be performed by unskilled personnel outside the controlled lab with no intermediate manual intervention between sample loading and result dissemination. Patents filed in the India, USA,…

Sep

10

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

New AI Diagnostics for Lung Diseases

In-DepthArtificial Intelligence, chronic, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, comorbidity, COPD, covid, diagnostic, diagnostics, disease, health tech, Internet of Things, IOT, lung disease, Machine Learning, medical, medical devices, Medical Technology, pulmonary disease, respiratory

AI and IoT based Diagnostic Device for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases developed by IIT Kharagpur Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common chronic respiratory disease caused by exposure to harmful gases and particulate matters, with a high health burden on the country’s healthcare services and society. For long, the medical community has been depending on patient history and clinical symptoms for disease diagnosis, which often prevents early detection of the disease and advancing of the disease adds to the medical bill through frequent hospitalizations. Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed an affordable diagnostic intervention for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease…

Jul

25

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Develop Novel Technology for COVID-19 Rapid Test

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The entire rapid test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable device with the test results available in a customized smartphone application for dissemination within 1 hour without requiring manual interpretation. All of this at a cost of around ₹ 400/- per test. In a unique effort, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have innovated a novel portable rapid diagnostic device to detect COVID-19 infection. This first-of-its-kind device will bring the testing for COVID-19 out from the walls of expensive laboratories and RT-PCR machines and enable testing at affordable costs for the under-served community across the world. This entire test with the…

Apr

19

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Pandemic Healthcare Technologies Underway @IITKGP

Eventsaffordable, corona virus, CoronaVirus, covid, Covid-19, diagnostic, health, Healthcare, low cost, medical imaging, Medical Technology, MHRD, novel coronavirus, preventive healthcare, virus

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Jan

17

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

SPARC Workshop Explores Critical Challenges of Children’s Healthcare

Eventsclinical reasoning, diagnostic, Hematological, hematology, Manchester, medical, medical imaging, Medicine, Paediatric, Pediatric, school of medical science and technology, SPARC, University of Manchester, workshop

The School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur recently held an Indo-UK Residential Workshop in collaboration with the University of Manchester, UK, on the "Practical Management of Inherited Pediatric Hematological Disorders". The focus was on clinical reasoning of cases related to children’s blood and bone marrow disorders using an interactive problem-based learning approach with direct interactions with globally renowned experts. The areas covered in the workshop included the workup of the child presenting with signs and symptoms of reduction in the number of various blood cells, or cytopenias including pancytopenia or bone marrow failure. Workup included understanding the…

Jan

10

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Innovating for Rural Healthcare

In-Depthblood test, diagnostic, Healthcare, medical application

Financial Express Times Now Economic Times The Hitavada The Week Amar Ujala Sakshi Business Standard Millennium Post Express Healthcare Do you think compact discs are devices of the past? May be for your laptops, but not for researchers at IIT Kharagpur who have redefined the use of CDs for low-cost medical…

Dec

05

2018

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Smart Diagnostics for Pulmonary Healthcare

In-Depthcancer, CT, diagnostic, HRCT, ILD, interstitial, lung, lung disease

Business Standard (IANS) Business Standard (PTI) Deccan Chronicle Biospectrum Outlook Quint Devdiscourse Researchers at the Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering at IIT Kharagpur have developed a decision support system to diagnose malignant and other diseased tissues in the lungs. While one system can refer to CT scan images to detect lung nodules and test them for the possibility of malignancy, a second software can detect Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) patterns in chest HRCT images. “Biopsy especially in the lungs is a critical process, hence conducted only after initial medical analysis is done by expert…