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Peripheral neuropathy nerve damage – which can also stems due to diabetes, vitamin deficiency and other reasons – mostly affects the tips of the patient’s hands and feet. Symptoms are persistent tingling to painful pain. There are currently no approved preventive measures for the situation; Cancer patients try to manage it with painkillers or, in severe cases, reduce or prevent their chemotherapy, Bandla is called.

Bandla is a clinical innovation manager Paxman coolerThe headquarters of a medical equipment manufacturer is in Hudersfield, England. She is developing a weedable tool that cools a person’s organs. Paxman Limb is called Limb Cryocopression System (PLC), it is designed to help prevent nerve damage from some types of intravenous chemotherapy drugs. Blood flow slows into the cool temperature area, which reduces the injection medicine so that it can reach the veins there.

Bandla, which is located in Singapore, is also a major investigator N.1 Health Institute Institute, National University of Singapore (Nus), and on National University Cancer Institute of Singapore,

An active IEEE volunteer, she follows Ikigai In her work with the organization, she says, and she encourages other young professionals to do the same. He has oversee the launch of many career development and mentorship programs. IEEE Women in Engineering Singapore, IEEE region 10 in women’s engineeringAnd IEEE region 10 young professional,

“As an IEEE member, she says,” I have helped me nurture my purpose in rally to create meaningful effects. “

“To motivate his leadership and IEEE young professionals to make meaningful changes in patient-focused health technology innovation,” he is the recipient of this year IEEE Theodore W. Partsi outstanding young professional awardIs sponsored by award IEEE photonics And IEEE Power and Energy Society, as well as IEEE young professional.

She says, “This recognition inspires me to continue the work that IEEE is doing globally to make the world a better place,” she says.

Engineering is a superpower

Bandla had a difficult time whether to decide whether to pursue medical or engineering as a career, she says, but she chose the latter because it is “a superpower that can help you make things to improve life.”

After earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering in 2009 Anna UniversityChennai, in India, she joined the software engineering company Infosys As a technical advisor, in Mysuru in India. She left after three years after being accepted at a neurotechnology doctoral program at NUS in Queenstown. Neurotechnology includes ways to attach directly with the human brain and nervous system, including brain-computer interfaces, magnetic resonance imaging and brain-wave monitors.

Bandla did her research under a biomedical engineer Nitish v. ThakorWhich specializes in developing brain-loic technologies and neuroprosthesis. IEEE Life Fellow is a professor of biomedical engineering Johns Hopkins UniversityIn Baltimore. He is also the director of Singapore Institute for NeurotechnologyA collaboration between six research universities including SINPS, Johns Hopkins, NUS and The University of patrasIn Greece.

Under Thakor’s Tutles, Bandla began his work in developing the technology he is involved with today.

Teaching

In 2012, Bandla and other researchers from Thakor Lab met with a neurologist Anar wilder smith And oncologist Raghav Sundar From National university hospital In the Kent Ridge of Singapore, how technology can help cancer patients with peripheral neuropathy.

During chemotherapy, patients are injected with an individual drug mixture that kills rapidly divided cells or prevents them from multiplying the DNA of the cells. But the mixture can also attack healthy cells and damage nerve-system structures, causing pain and sensitivity to the patient’s hands and feet, as explained in A. Articles published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences,

In the meeting, the team learned about a scalp-cooling technique that helps prevent a different side effects: hair loss. A special cap is placed on the patient’s head to cool the skull.

Inspired by that cold cap, the team was ready to develop similar techniques for hands and feet. But first, in 2014, Synaps Lab conducted a clinical test with the National University Hospital, to see if cooling the organs will help patients in peripheral neuropathy. The existing local cryotherapy machines used for sports therapy-which transmit ice-cooled liquid to cool an area on the body, were tested on 15 chemotherapy patients in the hospital. The team found that patients cannot comfortably tolerate temperatures below 22 ° C during three hours of treatment.

“As an IEEE member, I have helped me nurture my purpose in rally to make my efforts towards creating a meaningful impact.”

He suggested to conduct another clinical test, this time test the cryocomiation tool instead of cryotherapy. Cryocompression is used for sports therapy and rehab. It combines cooling and compression – which helps in reducing inflammation. In the second trial, the team found that patients could tolerate temperature for three hours less than 11 ° C, Bandla says.

The second test ended in 2017. Bandla gave his Ph.D. That year but continued to work on the project as a Sinapse Research Fellow.

In 2018, team members began another clinical study, testing whether they could safely cool a patient’s skull and together to prevent several side effects together.

During the five -year testing period, Bandla collected data to understand the best way to give cooling therapy that was safe, comfortable and effective. The response received from patients, carers and medical staff demonstrated a clear requirement of a tool to use in chemotherapy suits.

After the pilot trial ended in 2019, the team started designing a device Richard paxman And his team in Paxman Cooler, who took advantage of his expertise in cryotherapy for side-effect management.

The portable PLC connects to four untouched wraps, each in a bladder filled with coolant. Raps cover a patient’s forearm, hands, shins and legs and include Velcro flap that can be adjusted for better fit. Plcs transmit through wrapping the coolant and gives powers to compression. It also keeps the coolant temperature at 11 ° C.

During each chemotherapy cycle, 30 minutes before the drug is administered, the cooling process is wrapped on the patient’s forearm and shin. After the session ends, the device is used for 30 and minutes on the patient, says Bandla.

The team was given two American patents for PLC.

In 2022, Bandla joined Paxman as a research and development manager, and was promoted as a clinical innovation manager two years later.

She says that her work has inspired her to continue.

In collaboration with PLCs, 25 American hospitals are being tested in large -scale clinical trials National cancer institute,

Two years ago, Bandla attended a social innovation camp for school students in India.Aishwarya Bandla

Starting her IEEE volunteer trip

Thakor introduced Bandla to IEEE. An active member of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology SocietyHe encourages his students to attend their conferences and publish letters in their magazines.

Bandla says that IEEE was voluntarily a no-brother for him. His voluntarily started in 2012 with IEEE women in Engineering Singapore. In 2019 she became its chair and launched Y Singapore Networking Night IEEE Singapore Section And industry, academics and technologists in government. The annual program includes panel discussions.

In 2021, Bandla joined the IEEE region 10 women in the Engineering Committee as the leadership of technical and young professionals. There he helped launch DirtyAn eight -week program in which experts help in implementing their mental design and a professional development plan. Bandla created the program structure.

“After completion of the pilot program in 2021, we received a good response from the participants,” she says. “Many people said that they interacted with the people with whom they would not generally work and enjoy the experience.”

In 2020, Bandla began participating in virtual programs and conferences organized by the Young Professionals Group of Region 10 as a speaker and panel moderator. She became a chair last year.

Guide young professionals

Volunteer for the YP group is special for her, she says, as she is “capable of building a community and helps other young professionals to become well -score leaders and decision -makers.”

He helped develop Career and Leadership Assistance Program (Clap) area 10 Students, young professionals, women in engineering, life member Congress Has held in August in Tokyo.

He introduced the concept Ikigai Young professionals focusing the incident around it. The Congress included he called the “Human Library” session. Ten IEEE members of various engineering areas were stationed around the meeting room, and the attendees had an hour to learn about each of the “human books”.

The group received positive response, the participants stated that they focused on professional and leadership development. He said that he liked how extraordinary this incident was, especially the “Human Library” session.

Based on the success of the clap event, the team is making a construction IEEE HiveImmersive professional development programs are available for students around the world and for students and early career professionals in Congress.

The ability to create an impact, create a community and connect with people is echoed with him, saying Bandla.

“I get a lot of energy voluntarily with IEEE!” She says.