Akash Manoj: Skin patch to detect silent heart attacks via h-FABP
Skin patch to detect silent heart attacks via h-FABP.
Akash's grandfather, a diabetic, died of a heart attack that produced no chest pain. Spending holidays in the IISc library in Bengaluru, Akash settled on an early biomarker rather than the ECG: a skin patch applies a small positive charge to draw the negatively charged protein h-FABP toward a sensor and reads its concentration, aiming to warn hours before an event. He received the National Child Award from the President in 2017 and gave a TED talk in 2019; he is now at medical school in Prague.
Claims that the device is endorsed by named foreign institutions could not be confirmed and should not be repeated. Detection six hours in advance is the inventor's target, not a validated result.
IP note
Provisional patent reported (Forbes India 2020); no number located.
Recognition
National Child Award 2017; TED 2019.
What this means for a student inventor in India
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