Mr. Sarath S. Nair

Academic Qualifications

• MTech, Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, 2009
• BTech, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kerala University, 2006

Professional Record

• Engineer F, SCTIMST, Jan 2022 - Present
• Engineer E, SCTIMST, Nov 2018 - Dec 2021
• Engineer D, SCTIMST, Nov 2015 - Nov 2018
• CHVF-C, SCTIMST, Dec 2012 - Nov 2015
• Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, GE Healthcare, Bangalore, June 2011-Dec 2012
• Assistant Professor, Amrita University, Coimbatore, Aug 2009-June 2011
• Engineer, Larsen & Toubro ECC Ltd, Chennai, June 2006-June 2007

Honors

• 2023 - Recepient of DST-SERB-INAE APJ Abdul Kalam National Technology Innovation Fellowship 2023
• 2019- Award for the Best Assistive Device Engineering for Portable Ventilator during Medic 2019 held at IIT Bombay
• 2020 - SBAOI MAHE Young Scientist Award
• 2012-Recipient of Chitra High Value Fellowship, SCTIMST
• 2012-Bronze Medal from GE for introducing HIPOT test for X Ray machines.
• 2010-Innovative idea "LEAP-Localized Energy from Automobiles Parked" selected as the top 25 project ideas in the world by Schneider Electric Company in "Go Green" Challenge, Paris
• 2009-First Rank Gold Medal for MTech from NIT Calicut
• 2007-GATE Scholarship
• 2006-Nominated for best project award at Larsen & Toubro

Awards

• 2023 - Recepient of DST-SERB-INAE APJ Abdul Kalam National Technology Innovation Fellowship 2023
• 2022 - Best Biomedical Technology Innovation Award 2022- at the 38th Annual Convocation of SCTIMST
• 2019- Award for the Best Assistive Device Engineering for Portable Ventilator during Medic 2019 held at IIT Bombay
• 2020-SBAOI MAHE Young Scientist Award
• 2012-Bronze Medal from GE for introducing HIPOT test for X Ray machines.
• 2009-2009-First Rank Gold Medal for Post graduate studies from NIT Calicut

Area of Interest

• Total Artificial Heart
• Ventricular Assist Devices
• Targeted Drug Delivery Systems, Implantable pumps for insulin, intrathecal drug delivery
• Patient Warming Systems
• Point of Care Diagnostics

Collaboration

• Industrial Collaboration with M/s KELTRON, Govt of Kerala for commercialization of Infant Warming Wrapper & Bassinet
• Industrial Collaboration with M/s enProducts Pvt Ltd, Cochin for commercialization of Blood Flow Meter
• Industrial Collaboration with M/s Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, Gujrat for commercialization of Left ventricular Assist Device
• Industrial Collaboration with M/s Agappe Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, Cochin for commercialization of Vein Viewer & PT INR Test Systems
• Industrial Collaboration with M/s Wipro 3D Ltd, Bangalore for commercialization of Emergency Breathing Assist System (EBAS)

Current Activities

• Development of AI enabled Intelligent Anesthesia Delivery System
• Development of Ventricular Assist Device(LVAD)
• Development of Transcutaneous Energy Transfer System (TETS) for LVAD & TAH
• Development of Implantable Infusion Pump for intrathecal drug delivery and Insulin delivery
• Development of PT/INR Monitoring System

पेटेंट

• Isolation pod for the isolation / transportation of infected patients. Patent Application No. 202041014548
• Design Registration “Collapsible type implantable infusion pump reservoir with magnetic locator, residual volume detector and needle stopper. Reg no 341393-001 dated 24/03/2021
• System and method for detecting liquid types within catheter of implantable infusion” Patent with Application No: 202141043066 filed on 23/9/2021
• “Device for contactless adjustment of proportion of gases particularly for management of Fio2"; Sarath S Nair, Nagesh D S, Patent Application No 202141048525 (IPECD217.Y21)
• “Implantable micro infusion pump for drug administration with residual volume measurement”, Inventors: Sarath S Nair, Nagesh D S, Indian Patent Application No: 202041045741 of 20.10.2020
• Patent No 353231 Priority Date 03/01/2014, Portable battery operated and hand held device for measuring blood and other conductive fluids flow rate with revolving permanent magnet excitation, Sarath S Nair, D S Nagesh, Patent application No.19/CHE/2014, Granted on 08/12/2020
• Infant Warming Wrapper Design Registration No. 346462-001 dated 04/04/2019
• Vein Viewer, Design Registration jointly by Agappe Diagnostics Pvt ltd No : 313876-001 dated Jan 15,2019
• Ventricular assist device with compact integrated controller and battery pack Design Registration No. 321665 dated 16.09.2019
• Collapsible type implantable infusion pump reservoir with magnetic locator, residual volume detector and needle stopper. Design Registration -Reg no 341393-001 dated 24/03/2021
• High Sensitive Electromagnetic Blood Flow Meter, Sarath S Nair, Vinod Kumar, D S Nagesh, Patent application No. 2894/CHE/2013
• Patent No. 423230, Sarath S Nair, Nagesh D S, A portable device and a method for non-contact warming of blood and intravenous fluids with IR heating from refrigerator condition to physiological condition, Sarath S Nair, D.S.Nagesh, Indian (Appln No 3482/CHE/2014) Date of Grant 27th February 2023
• A system and a method for non-contact warming of bag containing blood and intravenous fluids with infrared heating from refrigerator condition to physiological condition for massive transfusion., Sarath S Nair, D.S.Nagesh, 6648 /CHE/2014
• An improved Portable bassinet with controlled infrared warming facility for thermo regulation of low birth weight infants to achieve faster weight recovery and a method for the same. Patent application No 5557/CHE/2015
• A device and a process for determining the coagulation time for blood and for evaluation of prothrombin time(PT) and international normalized ratio (INR), Patent application No 201741016428
• Portable Vein Viewing device with peripheral scanning, Sarath S Nair, Dr. Bejoy Thomas, Patent application No.201741032817
• A ventricular Assist Device Blood Pump having Impeller supported with Combined passive Magnets and Hydrodynamic Bearing, Sarath S Nair, Vinodkumar V, D S Nagesh, Patent application No.201841000603
• "Implantable Micro Infusion Pump with Residual Volume Measurement" Sarath S Nair, D S Nagesh, Patent Application No. 202041045741 filed on 17/10/2020
• "AUTOMATED ARTIFICIAL MANUAL BREATHING UNIT VENTILATOR", Sarath S Nair, Vinodkumar V, D S Nagesh, Patent Application: 202041014221
• "Battery operated assistive breathing unit" Indian Patent Application No. 202041014851 of 03.04.2020

Fellowships

• 2023 - Recepient of DST-SERB-INAE APJ Abdul Kalam National Technology Innovation Fellowship 2023

Membership

• Member, Institution of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member, Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
• Member, SBAOI

On-going Projects

• Development of Transcutaneous Energy Transfer System (TETS) for LVAD & TAH - PhD Research
• Development of platform technology for Implantable Micro Infusion Pump with wireless recharging, TRC Project
• Development of Left Ventricular Assist Device, TRC Project II
• Clinical Evaluation of PT/INR test System
• Development of Portable ICU Ventilator, TRC Project

Projects Completed

• Development of Implantable Infusion Pump with Wireless recharging - TRC Phase 1
• Development of Assay Platform and Sensing Device for PT/INR Monitoring, TRC Project, Co-Principal Investigator
• An optical peripheral nerve stimulator, TRC Project, Co-Principal Investigator
• Development of Smart Assist Breathing Device, TRC Project, Principal Investigator
• Development of Centrifugal Blood Pump for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary bypass along with drive unit and flow meter, TRC Project, Co-Principal Investigator
• 3D Printing of Liver Tissue Constructs for In vitro Hepatotoxicity Testing, Co-Investigator

Professional Experience

• 18 years in Medical Devices Development

Major Achievements

• Recepient of DST-SERB-INAE APJ Abdul Kalam National Technology Innovation Fellowship 2023
• MAHE Young Scientist Award
• Chitra High Value Fellowship

अनुसंधान

• Total Artificial Heart
• Development of Transcutaneous Energy Transfer System (TETS) for LVAD & TAH - PhD Research

Organisational Activities

• Convener - AICTE Committee
• Expert Evaluation Member for KSCSTE Students Project Scheme, Government of Kerala
• Member of committee to implement ISO 13485 (Medical devices Quality Management System) at laboratories in BMT Wing
• Department Coordinator (DMDE, BMT WIng)
• Electrical Safety Officer

Team

• Mr. Nagesh D S, Scientist 'G' (Senior Grade), Scientist In-Charge
• Mr. Vinodkumar V, Engineer 'F'
• Ms. Amrutha C, Scientist 'C'
• Ms. Sreedevi V, Tech Assist (Instruments -B)

No. of Publications

• Nair, Sarath S., Manivannan Muniyandi, Nagesh DS, Muraleedharan CV, and Roy Joseph. "Charging Current Characteristics and Effect of Casing Material in Wireless Recharging of Active Implantable Medical Devices Using Transcutaneous Energy Transfer System." Progress in Electromagnetics Research M 122 (2023).
• Roopesh R. Pai, Shilpa Ajit, Anupama Sekar J, Sarath S. Nair, P.R. Anil Kumar, Shiny Velayudhan, Radical scavenging gelatin methacrylamide based bioink formulation for three dimensional bioprinting of parenchymal liver construct,Bioprinting,Volume 27,2022,e00214,ISSN 2405-8866,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bprint.2022.e00214 (IF 7.0)
• Sarath S. Nair, V. Sreedevi & D. S. Nagesh (2021) Warming of blood and intravenous fluids using low-power infra-red light-emitting diodes, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, DOI: 10.1080/03091902.2021.1936675
• Anugya Bhatt, Rakhi MR, Sarath S Nair, Lakshmi Sadanandan, Harikrishnan S. Analysis of Whole Blood Prothrombin Time/ International Normalized Ratio Using Image Processing. Res Med Eng Sci. 9(2). RMES.000711. 2021. DOI: 10.31031/RMES.2021.09.000711
• Sarath S Nair, Vinodkumar V, Sreedevi V, D S Nagesh, "Rotating permanent magnet excitation for blood flow measurement, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing [2015], 10.1007/s11517-015-1310-y
• Sarath S Nair, Vinodkumar V, Sreedevi V & D S Nagesh (2015): Design of Electromagnetic Probe Having Reduced Base Line Drift for Blood Flow Measurement, IETE Journal of Research, DOI: 10.1080/03772063.2015.1018347,
• Sarath S Nair, Automatic weight selection algorithm for design of H infinity controller for Active Magnetic Bearings, published in International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol 3, Issue 1,Jan 2011.
• Sarath S Nair, Sangeetha G R, Hybrid PID/H Infinity control of Active Magnetic Bearings, published in International Journal of Electrical Engineering, ISSN 0974-2158 Volume 4, Number 1 (2011), pp.33-44

Dissertations Supervised - M.Tech

• "Development of data monitoring and durability evaluation test setup of Chitra Implantable micro infusion pump" (MTech Thesis, Preethi G. MTech Wireless Networks Amruta University June 2022)
• "Development of test setup to mimic the posture variation of patients fitted with Left Ventricular Assist Device" (MTech Thesis, Athira. Wireless Networks Amruta University June 2022)June 2022
• "Computation of electrical Efficiency of BLDC Motor of Chitra LVAD"Akash Dharwal (MTech Thesis, Clinical Engineering 2021-22)
• "Simulation and Validation of FiO Mechanism in Ventilators" by Harikumar S BT19M027 (MTech Thesis, Clinical Engineering 2019-21)

Technology Transferred

• Left Ventricular Assist Device, Industrial Partner- Meril Life Sciences, Gujrat (Status- Scale up in progress)
• Infant Warming Wrapper, - Industrial Partner - KELTRON, Govt of Kerala (Status- Scale up in progress)
• Infant Warming Bassinet, - Industrial Partner - KELTRON, Govt of Kerala (Status- Scale up in progress)
• Blood Flow Meter, Industrial Partner - enProducts Pvt Ltd, Kerala (Status- Scale up in progress)
• PT/INR Monitoring System, Industrial Partner- - Agappe Diagnostics Ltd (Status- Under Commercialization- Clinical Validation in progress)
• Emergency Breathing Assistance System, Industrial Partner- Wipro Pvt Ltd (Status- Commercialized Device Name AirBridge EBAS) https://wipro-3d.com/airbridge/
• Vein Viewer, Industrial Partner- Agappe Diagnostics Ltd, Kerala (Status- Commercialized Device Name MispaView) https://www.agappe.com/in/mispa-view.html

प्रकाशन

Article

1. Sarath S. Nair, Manivannan Muniyandi, Nagesh D. S., Muraleedharan C. V., Roy Joseph, and Harikrishnan S., Charging Current Characteristics and Effect of Casing Material in Wireless Recharging of Active Implantable Medical Devices Using Transcutaneous Energy Transfer System, Progress in Electromagnetic Research M, 2023,