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Design software firm Dassault Systèmes to extend 'Living Heart' research initiative in India

Bengaluru: French three-dimensional design software firm Dassault Systemes has decided to extend its `Living Heart' research initiative to India, a move that will give surgeons at the country's top cardiac institutes access to the company's 3D heart simulation platform.

This comes after some of India's premium institutes, such as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS), the Indian Institute of Science ( IISc) and some IITs, approached the company for potential collaborations relating to the project.

"We have looked at these universities in India to be able to work with them closely," said Sumanth Kumar, vice-president, SIMULIA Portfolio Experience, one of the company's nine software brands that enables clients to perform realistic simulation of a product.

Dassault Systemes unveiled the world's first 3D functionally realistic working model of a beating human heart in May last year. The "Living Heart Project", loaded with data from a spectral community of cardiac practitioners, medical device manufacturers, academic researchers and industry regulators, is an initiative towards combating cardiovascular disease and easing the life of cardiothoracic or heart surgeons and cardiologists.

The collation of the heart's electrical and mechanical properties into a large database, tracking of electricity through every strand of the organ's muscle fibre and meticulous calculation of the biomechanical forces contributing to a singular heartbeat, were all efforts towards the 3D replication of the human heart.

"It will be extremely helpful for practitioners, if the tool turns out to be commercially viable. That is important," said Devi Shetty , chairman of Beng aluru-based Narayana Hrudayalaya chain of hospitals.

The company is eager to work with Indian researchers and has identified synergies with the Indian market in the area of academics and research.India has a plethora of doctors compared to medical device companies and, therefore, these areas are priority for the Indian market, said Kumar, who showcased the product at the Solidworks World Conference in Phoenix, US earlier this year.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified cardiovascular disease as the primary cause of death worldwide.

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.

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