Production of 200 experimental catheters

Endocrine and Diabetes Consultant, Deputy Medical Director at the Imperial College London Diabetes Center, Dr. Hawa Saeed Al -Mansoori, revealed the first Emirati inventing a device to enter the vein catheter tube, the production of 200 experimental catheters, which I provided to the American Drug and Food Administration to examine it to adopt its production and marketing, a sign Until it expects the administration back within 120 days, a maximum.

Al -Mansouri confirmed to «Emirates Today» that in the event of a response from that side, it will take place directly, with the support and guidance of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, to start procedures for manufacturing and marketing the catheter locally in the country, and expected The new catheter pipeline is available in health facilities in the country, during the next year, and said that the biggest challenge lies in finding a suitable place, and the establishment of a local company for the manufacture of catheter, distribution and marketing, with Emirati hands and competencies.

She indicated that she got two innocence of an invention of the catheter tube internationally, and from the United States of America: the first to manufacture the catheter tube, which can be seen under the ultrasound, and the second for the method of introducing the catheter under the arteries through a simple wheel, instead of the old method of introducing the catheter, pointing to That, after obtaining approval, the patent will be applied from the UAE and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

She added that «the manufacture of the first batch of catheter tubes, through a manufacturing company in the United States of America, and with the support of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an administrative company was established to follow up on all procedures and requirements for obtaining approval of the American drug and food management on the invention, and the company continued With a place to manufacture catheter as an initial stage for approval. ”

She expressed her great happiness that her medical innovation “venous catheter tube” obtained international accreditation by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), stressing that this step is tantamount to permission or licensing to start manufacturing its innovation, and put it in front of various medical facilities in various countries the world.

Al -Mansouri obtained the Sheikh Khalifa scholarship in 1999, among the first regiment of Emirati students to the United States of America, and was the first Emirati student to go to study medicine abroad, and honored by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, In 2014, within the “early Emirates”, as it is the first Emirati to invent a device to insert an intravenous catheter tube for fine heart operations.

It was also presented by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, in the same year, as an Emirati model for the diligent student, who benefited from state missions, during his session at the government summit.

Al -Mansouri said: “The idea of ​​innovation came in 2013, during a training course I received at the University Hospital in George Washington in the United States of America. The medicine is for the patient, and from here I started searching for a solution to reduce that suffering. ”

She added: «After thinking, research and experiences, I reached the idea of ​​a catheter tube, which is a tube with distinctive specifications that are installed through the patient’s vein to enter solutions and fluids to the body, especially in the arms and legs, and it can be accurately placed in the body where it can be seen clearly when installed in the body via a device Voice waves, the device is characterized by its ability to penetrate the body in a few minutes, and it allows doctors to see the arteries during surgery, which gives the most accurate results, compared to the old catheter tube.

“The invention is characterized by the fact that the doctor makes it easier for the doctor to perform daily examinations for patients, which require blood samples, as it reduces the time required for that, which enables them to receive a greater number of patients.” He pointed out that “the new innovation will reduce the percentage of errors in the catheter that occur during treatment Patients, who can lead to the loss of a patient’s member in the event of an error in one of the main arteries. ”

On the extent of the interaction of doctors and medical facilities in the country with the invention of the new catheter tube, she said: “By searching with the doctors, I touched their waiting for the production of the catheter and distributing them in the local market, and their desire to experience the invention in practice, and I expect a positive reaction from the medical facilities in the country, given the benefit It is expected to use the catheter locally, compared to the traditional catheter tube, “pointing to” the possibility of using innovation in most medical specialties, in hospitals, medical centers and emergency departments, due to its characteristic of saving the time required to examine and treat patients. “