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A device to predict
silent heart attack. Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels all
put you at risk of a silent heart attack. Akash Manoj, a class X student from
Tamil Nadu, India has developed a device to predict silent heart attacks and
could potentially save the lives of thousands of people in India every year.
The small silicon skin patch invented by Akash has to be attached to the wrist
or the back of the ear and it will release a small ‘positive’ electrical
impulse, which will attract the negatively charged protein released by the
heart to signal a heart attack. If the quantity of this protein – FABP3 -- is
high, the person must seek immediate medical attention. People who are at risk
are recommended to use the device twice a day -- in the morning and at night,
before going to bed.
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