Franz Freudenthal: A new way to heal hearts without surgery
Franz Freudenthal: Naujas būdas išgydyti širdis be operacijų
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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mūsų laikmečio problemos
paprastomis technologijomis,
that creativity is the key
kūrybiškumas yra raktas,
in the heart of the Andes.
Andų širdyje.
nepaisant jokių apribojimų.
included helping her
kaip padėjau jai jos darbe
to understand life outside the city,
už miesto ribų,
used to recite a Kipling poem:
deklamuodavo Kiplingo eilėraštį:
I became a medical student.
medicinos studentu.
children born worldwide
vaikų visam pasauly
I think I can solve --
galiu išspręsti –
I have spent my life working on.
praleidau dirbant visą gyvenimą.
inside the mother.
viduje.
and the pulmonary blood.
has a hole in the heart.
skylę savo širdyje.
and genetic conditions.
genetinės sąlygos.
is also one of the causes.
taip pat yra viena iš priežasčių.
with this condition,
used to be the only solution.
buvo didžiulė operacija.
were camping in the Amazon region.
stovyklavo Amazonės regione.
in the fire was a green avocado branch.
buvo žalia avokado šaka.
for our first invention.
savo pirmajam išradimui.
can be closed with it.
su jomis uždaromos.
wrapped onto itself.
how a very tiny catheter
kaip labai mažas kateteris
thousands of hours of work in the lab.
tūkstančių valandų darbo laboratorijoje.
gyvybes.
to make a difference.
Dr. Alexandra Heath,
Aleksandra Heath,
patients with our coil,
vija,
to solve their heart condition.
kuris galėtų išgydyti širdies sutrikimą.
patients is different,
yra kitokia,
between the arteries is larger.
yra didesnė.
to be treated on time,
gydomi laiku,
išgydyti
indigenous friends in the mountains,
vietiniais draugais kalnuose,
told stories by weaving complex patterns
istorijas ausdamos sudėtingus raštus
helped us for the new device.
padėjo mums naujam įrenginiui.
audimo metodą
medžiagos,
to create a seamless device
besiūlį prietaisą,
dalies.
into very complex structures
į sudėtingas struktūras
decades to develop.
dešimtmečio ištobulinti.
the catheter through the hole.
per skylę.
atsistoja į reikiamą padėtį
įstatymo sistemą,
and effort to heal -- if they do.
išgyti – jeigu joms tai pavyksta.
once the device is in place,
yra vietoje,
and human point of view.
ir žmogaus pusės.
of our former patients
iš buvusių pacientų
paprasti.
of creating something new.
kažką naujo.
atgauti jėgas ir drąsa
likimo valiai,
išgydomas.
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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