Anti-Heart Attack Glove (AHG)
ISEF · 2022 Biomedical and Health Sciences
Overview
Deaths from heart diseases and strokes are up nationwide in Iraq according to WHO 40 above, 97% of people die from heart disease and among those disease are Heart Attack, Our goal is to decrease the deaths from heart attack, by making a glove that you can put on when you sleep so that your blood flow doesn't stop, because if your blood flow stops the chances of getting a heart attack will increase.You May now ask what causes a heart attack? The answer is, a heart attack occurs when one or more of your coronary arteries become blocked. Over time, a buildup of fatty deposits, including cholesterol, form substances called plaques, which can narrow the arteries (atherosclerosis), in short blood flow stopes from moving to the heart muscles, my project will have an impact on decreasing the risk of heart attack. Why gloves? Hands are usually the place where most heart attacks happen in. this gloves move the hands every 10 minutes once so the blood can flow from your hand to heart muscles. It can use for physical therapy and passive exercises for those that C.V.A or Injuries.
Competition history
- ISEF 2022
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