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BENGALURU: From start-ups to hospitals and scientific institutions, Karnataka, dubbed India’s science capital, has responded overwhelmingly with multiple technological innovations and proposals to help India battle Covid-19, a disease that has pushed most of the country’s 1.3 billion people to stay indoors.Many institutions, startups, defence laboratories, PSUs and independent innovators have technologies that hold potential.The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is leading with at least 12 technologies that could aid efforts in tackling the pandemic. Its latest invention is an aerosol shield to protect medical personnel treating critical Covid-19 patients, developed at the request of doctors at Nimhans.A team from IISc’s Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing has built four such shields in 48 hours.Drones that can be used for disinfection, contact tracing app, network analytics, ventilator projects and a mobile diagnostic testing lab are among IISc’s other 11 projects.At Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), scientists have developed a one-step curable (able to dry) anti-microbial coating which when sprayed on surfaces has the potential to contain the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19. The project was approved for funding by the department of science and technology, after TOI reported about it.Another researcher at the institute, Santosh Ansumali, along with IISc’s Aloke Kumar, was among the first to create a state-wise Covid-19 projection model in India.The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which developed a critical-care ventilator, has transferred the technology to nine companies. Presently, innovation is on to create a ‘multi-patient ventilator’.Defence PSU BEL has stepped in to manufacture and supply 30,000 ventilators for ICUs within the next two months. It has tied up with Skanray, a Mysuru-based company.Further, over 750 proposals relating to technological innovations have reached a special Covid-19-focused accelerator launched by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, United Nations Health Innovation Exchange and Social Alpha.Bangalore Life Science Cluster (BLiSC) is also actively participating in the national efforts to track, study and counter the pandemic. These are some of the innovations in the works...SCALENE HYPERCHARGE CORONA CANON (SHYCOCAN) medium75123648 - Developed by Bengaluru-based Rajah Vijay Kumar- In SARS-CoV-2, initial attachment of the virion to the host cell is initiated by interactions between S-protein and its receptor. The guiding mechanism is negative transmembrane potential of the host cells - SHYCOCAN is intended to disable S-protein in the virus by neutralising it with negatively charged electrons. The device, which can produce 10 to 100 trillion ions per second, is able to provide an electron density of a minimum 6 trillion per cubic centimetre at a distance of at least 12 centimetres from the canon.AEROSOL SHIELD medium75122843- Developed by IISc team led by Manish Arora- Meant to protect doctors and medical personnel treating critical Covid-19 patients- While placing a patient on a ventilator or for anaesthesia, a tube is inserted into the patient’s airway through his/her mouth. This exposes the medical team to air exhaled by the patient, which might carry aerosolised infectious virus. This shield is meant to protect themHEXACOPTER medium75122869- Developed by General Aeronautics, a startup at IISc- Was first used by the Bengaluru municipal corporation (BBMP) to spray disinfectants- Now, Bengaluru city police are trying surveillance & audio messaging to enforce lockdownOXYGEN CONCENTRATORS medium75123261- Being developed by IISc team led by Praveen C Ramamurthy - To help make oxygen supplies available at remote places and meet overwhelming demand from hospitals- These concentrators could be coupled with ventilators. Mechanism being created to control flow and direction for optimum oxygen generation. Concentrated oxygen can be directly used with ventilatorsSPECIAL COATING TO CONTAIN VIRUS medium75123280- Developed by Jayanta Haldar and team at JNCASR- One-step curable antimicrobial coating which when sprayed on surfaces such as cotton, polyurethane, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, has the potential to contain infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19- It has already worked on influenza virus with 100% disablementMOBILE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING LAB medium75123360- Being developed by IISc team led by Sai Siva Gorthi - Goal is to scale up diagnostic testing capabilities and cut down turnaround times from sample collection to test results from 3 days to 1 dayboxcontentTIMES VIEW Popular American children’s television host Fred Rogers once said that in times of trouble, one should take heart from the helpers. Those who put in time, money and effort into finding solutions to help people deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, are the helpers, the heroes. The fact that IISc is so deeply involved in this is heartening. It is now up to the state to make sure that valid solutions and tools developed by scientific institutions, NGOs and others, after appropriate testing, are deployed effectively in the battle for the nation’s health. Untitled Carousel 74808438Untitled Carousel 74962863Untitled Carousel 74942548