IIT Madras signs MOU with chennai-based SynkroMax Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (SMBPL) for technology transfer

IIT Madras and SynkroMax Biotech have signed a technology transfer agreement for a Tissue Engineered Bovine Pericardial Patch.The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chennai-based SynkroMax Biotech (SMBPL) on November 2, 2016 for a Technology Transfer.The MoU was signed by Prof.Krishnan Balasubramanian, Dean, ICSR, IIT Madras and C V Seshadri, MD, SMBPL.Researchers at IIT Madras have developed a tissue engineered indigenous pericardial patch which is superior in many aspects having the property of regeneration and integration in the body and ease of handling by the surgeons. In a way, it is a lifesaving implant for critical cardiovascular patients with anatomical and structural deficiency in the system. In future, it may be applicable for many other areas of surgical practice for its inherent properties. It is said to be the first-of-its-kind in India and the whole of Asia.

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