<Li> Biomedical Technology wing (with state of technology development facilities) </Li> <Li> Center for Health Sciences & Public Health--Achuta Menon Center for Health Science Studies </Li> <P> The Biomedical Technology Wing has played a pioneering role in the establishment of a medical device industry base in India by successfully developing and transferring technologies for diverse medical products such as disposable blood bag system, mechanical heart valve prosthesis, blood oxygenators, ophthalmic sponge, concentric needle electrode, hydroxyapatite based biocermaic porous granules with many more in the pipeline with industrial collaboration.It has also been the only institute in India to have developed an artificial heart valve that is currently manufactured and marketed by TTK . </P> <P> The institute holds international patents for devices and processes and holds the record for maximum number of patents in Kerala . The Biomedical Technology Wing has implemented a quality system to meet the requirements of international standard ISO / IEC 17025 . About 20 of these tests are accredited by the Comité français d'accréditation (Cofrac) of France . </P>

Sree chitra tirunal institute for medical sciences and technology thiruvananthapuram