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Research Report 2017<br />
Case Study<br />
Australian innovation solves global health problem<br />
Story and image provided by School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University<br />
L-R: Mr Jim McMillan, Mr Randall Moshinsky, and Dr Elli Tutungi<br />
Monash University<br />
and Monash Health<br />
researchers/clinicians<br />
have led a collaboration<br />
of Australian<br />
organisations to solve a<br />
global medical problem<br />
that will save lives<br />
around the world.<br />
A ‘bidirectional cannula’ device<br />
has been developed by three<br />
Monash University and Monash<br />
Health researchers/clinicians. It<br />
is likely to significantly reduce<br />
complication rates around the<br />
world during certain types of heart<br />
surgery procedures.<br />
The device has been designed,<br />
engineered, and tested in Australia.<br />
The clinical trials of the device was<br />
made possible by a generous grant<br />
from the Victorian Government.<br />
The device is used to connect<br />
patients to a heart-lung machine<br />
through a large artery at the top of<br />
the leg. Clinical trials of the device at<br />
The Alfred Hospital, led by Associate<br />
Professor Silvana Marasco, have<br />
yielded very favourable results.<br />
The new device has shown<br />
tremendous promise in reducing<br />
the risk of leg ischaemia (lack<br />
of oxygen supply), a potentially<br />
serious complication that can occur<br />
during heart surgery and in patients<br />
requiring artificial cardiac support in<br />
Intensive Care Units.<br />
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