James Dyson Awards is an International contest that invitees innovative designs from budding engineers.
Deval Karia, a student of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, won the National round of the contest for his device that can transport donated hearts quickly to recipients for transplants.
Karia’s invention — the Lifebox tackles the inability to move hearts from donor to recipient quickly using a system that extends the preservation time of the heart to allow for increased travel time and distances. It has been developed with a vision to explore drones as a transport channel for organs. The project adopted a user-in-the-loop approach to engineering design that began with an extensive literature review, user discussions, and empathy exercises.
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