The doctor who invented 18 medical devices.

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Jagdish Chaturvedi
▼ Consultant Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi is not your typical healthcare professional. He's also an entrepreneur.
Since 2010, Bangalore-based Dr Chaturvedi, has co-invented 18 medical devices to help address inefficiencies he's spotted in the Indian healthcare system.
And he's part of a growing band of professionals who are using their frustrations at work to come up with money-making ideas to solve their problems.
He came up with his first idea before he even qualified in 2008 when he was still training to be a doctor.
Now a fully qualified ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist he remembers the rudimentary conditions in rural India where he learned his craft.
"We were using long mirrors and headlamps to check patients, whereas my hospital had a flat-screen TV and more advanced technology," he recalled in his book, Inventing Medical Devices - A Perspective from India.
So he came up with the idea of a portable ENT endoscope with a digital camera attached.
But he found that being an entrepreneur was very different from being a doctor.
"Being a doctor and not having training on how to make a product, I really struggled, so I licensed it out to a design firm," he says.
He got full backing from senior professors in the ENT department which was vital as he was missing training days to get out and meet investors. His colleagues had to pick up his work load which, unsurprisingly, caused resentment.
Biodesign
Whilst the ENT endoscopy device was being developed - it launched in 2015 - Dr Chaturvedi applied to study biodesign at Stanford University in the US as part of a fellowship funded by the Indian government.
On his return, he set up a company focused on bringing more medical devices to market, including a tool to help chronic sinusitis, and a nasal foreign body extractor.
As though that wasn't enough, he also has a sideline as a stand-up comedian, performing a handful of shows a month.
Last year he launched a platform to connect Indian doctors with those working in the innovation industry.
"Bringing tech to the system becomes easier when you're part of it," says Dr Chaturvedi, who has no intention to give up his medical practice.
"My products are not looked at through the eyes of a corporate, they're created from a doctor's perspective, from within."
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asr335704

Wow, that is some innovative idea. This guy is multi-talented. Motivating..

Jijaji4u

This seems like a selfie. Selfies and Tik-Tok made JC a stand-up comedian.

mazherali

Good examples of people thinking out of the box, working towards solutions rather than getting bogged down by problems.