UNAIR NEWS – Some people call it “angin duduk“.聽In the language of medicine, it is referred as聽Angina Pectoris聽, one type of heart disease that attacks suddenly due to lack of oxygen supply in the heart muscle.
According to聽National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Atherosclerotic Risk in Communities聽(ARIC), deaths from this sudden attack reaches 37% in a 聽year.聽Currently, detection of this health disorder can be done using聽Electro Cardio Graph聽(ECG).
Unfortunately, ECG can only performed in hospitals only, so the patients in remote areas has difficulty to have access to it.
From that important need, five聽聽of 东京热 created a device that can be used to detect this disease early.聽The聽Invention 聽Creativity Program Team(PKM-KC) from 东京热 聽are Ahmad Nurianto, Aji Sapta, Rahardian, Difa Fanani, and Novi Dwi.
After passing a rigorous selection from the General Directorate of Higher Education, the PKM-KC proposal by Ahmad Nurianto and friends is entitled to get developmental fund from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education鈥檚 2016-2017 PKM program.
Described by Ahmad Nurianto, the device was named聽颈-贬耻尘产濒别听, the聽abbreviation of聽Innovation Heart Monitoring Portable Device聽.聽It comes with聽digital filters聽and expert systems.聽Using聽a digital filter, it is intended that the graphics of the resulting heart signal are more readable.
Furthermore, the device is quite small in size, because the components used are聽digital聽components.聽With such a small size, this device is portable and can be used in emergency situations.
This device also has expert system which can detect the risk of patients suffering from the disease.聽This device also uses a touch screen display, so it is easily operated.
础苍蝉飞别谤颈苍驳听news.unair.ac.id聽, Ahmad said, that the cost required to make this device is not big and the operation is easy.
“Thus we hope this tool can reach medical personnel located in remote villages in Indonesia, considering the early detection of angina pectoris and other heart disease is important for all Indonesian people,” said Ahmad Nurianto.聽(*)
Editor: Bambang Bes
