Franz Freudenthal: A new way to heal hearts without surgery
פראנץ פרוידנטל: דרך חדשה לריפוי לבבות ללא ניתוח
With his unique inventions (including a device knitted from threads of high-tech alloy by indigenous craftswomen), Franz Freudenthal saves children from congenital heart defects. Full bio
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that creativity is the key
גיליתי שיצירתיות היא המפתח
in the heart of the Andes.
included helping her
to understand life outside the city,
את החיים מחוץ לעיר,
used to recite a Kipling poem:
שיר של קיפלינג:
I became a medical student.
children born worldwide
I think I can solve --
I have spent my life working on.
inside the mother.
and the pulmonary blood.
has a hole in the heart.
and genetic conditions.
is also one of the causes.
with this condition,
used to be the only solution.
נהגו בעבר לבצע ניתוחי לב גדולים.
were camping in the Amazon region.
הקמנו מחנה באזור האמזונס.
in the fire was a green avocado branch.
היה ענפי אבוקדו ירוקים.
for our first invention.
להמצאתנו הראשונה.
can be closed with it.
wrapped onto itself.
how a very tiny catheter
thousands of hours of work in the lab.
לקחו לנו אלפי שעות עבודה במעבדה.
to make a difference.
Dr. Alexandra Heath,
דר' אלכסנדרה הית',
patients with our coil,
to solve their heart condition.
שיפתור את בעיות הלב שלהם.
patients is different,
between the arteries is larger.
to be treated on time,
טיפול בזמן,
indigenous friends in the mountains,
המתגוררים בהרים,
told stories by weaving complex patterns
ע"י אריגת דוגמאות מסובכות
helped us for the new device.
to create a seamless device
into very complex structures
decades to develop.
the catheter through the hole.
דרך החור.
and effort to heal -- if they do.
במידה ומצליחים לרפא אותן.
once the device is in place,
ברגע שהמכשיר ממוקם,
and human point of view.
of our former patients
of creating something new.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Franz Freudenthal - Pediatric cardiologistWith his unique inventions (including a device knitted from threads of high-tech alloy by indigenous craftswomen), Franz Freudenthal saves children from congenital heart defects.
Why you should listen
In his quest to understand the complexities of congenital heart disease, Bolivian-German physician and inventor Franz Freudenthal creates and produces sophisticated devices aimed at improving the lives of patients, especially children that will carry this device inside their heart for the rest of their lives.
His most heralded invention, the Nit Occlud, closes a hole in the heart or arteries and restores basic heart functionality. Freudenthal works with top scientists and universities from Europe and North and South America; however, his heart is in Bolivia, where he works with a team of engineers and highly skilled laborers and dreams of healthy children.
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