How might we create a low-risk environment for cardiologists to practice catheterization procedures?
Context
about cardiac catheterization procedures
Issue
no testing / simulation environment to practice before performing live angiographies / tavi etc
Existing Solutions
- computer simulation
Proposed Solution
body-length physical simulator. use water + a pump to simulate blood flow.
a programmable pump can be connected to external controls to simulate specific cardiovascular conditions — use equations to control the pumps flow, frequency, pressure etc. and try to approximate variations like low/high blood pressure, clogged vessels.
if the overall physical design can be made open-source and 3d-printable (+ manual assembly where required), it could be way more cost-effective than and easy-to-make near any hospital.
plus, if the programmable pump’s code is also made open-source, the blood flow models can be iterated much more rapidly.
to-dos
- detail out individual sections
- get this section format on other solution posts
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