Franz Freudenthal: A new way to heal hearts without surgery
Franz Freudenthal: Un nou mod de a vindeca inimile fără operaţie
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
in the heart of the Andes.
stabilită în inima Anzilor.
included helping her
a fost s-o ajut pe ea
to understand life outside the city,
să înţeleg viaţa din afara oraşului,
used to recite a Kipling poem:
bunica îmi recita o poezie de Kipling:
I became a medical student.
children born worldwide
născuţi în lume
I think I can solve --
o parte a acestei probleme,
I have spent my life working on.
munca mea de o viaţă.
inside the mother.
în interiorul mamei.
and the pulmonary blood.
has a hole in the heart.
copilul are o gaură în inimă.
and genetic conditions.
şi de boli genetice.
e una din cauze.
is also one of the causes.
with this condition,
used to be the only solution.
presupunea operaţii complicate.
were camping in the Amazon region.
eram cu cortul în zona Amazonului.
in the fire was a green avocado branch.
era o ramură verde de avocado.
for our first invention.
pentru prima noastră invenţie.
can be closed with it.
pot fi astupate cu ea.
wrapped onto itself.
pentru această problemă importantă.
how a very tiny catheter
cum un cateter foarte mic
thousands of hours of work in the lab.
mii de ore de muncă în laborator.
poate salva vieţi.
to make a difference.
Dr. Alexandra Heath,
Dr. Alexandra Heath,
patients with our coil,
cu spirala noastră,
to solve their heart condition.
e nevoie de un dispozitiv special.
patients is different,
la pacienţii de la altitudine,
between the arteries is larger.
dintre artere e mai mare.
to be treated on time,
nu-şi permit să fie trataţi la timp
dintre pacienţii din Bolivia.
indigenous friends in the mountains,
din munţi ale bunicii mele,
told stories by weaving complex patterns
au spus poveşti ţesând tipare complexe
helped us for the new device.
ne-a ajutat la noul dispozitiv.
dintr-un material inteligent
to create a seamless device
să creăm un dispozitiv fără îmbinări
dintr-o singură bucată.
into very complex structures
în structuri foarte complexe
decades to develop.
dezvoltată în zeci de ani.
dispozitivul intră în corp
the catheter through the hole.
un cateter prin orificiu.
se poziţionează singur
and effort to heal -- if they do.
ca să fie vindecate, dacă se vindecă.
once the device is in place,
după ce dispozitivul e montat,
and human point of view.
medical cât şi uman.
of our former patients
dintre foştii noştri pacienţi
interacţiunii strânse
of creating something new.
creării unui lucru nou.
sau disponibilităţii.
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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