MONTREAL (CBC) — Seventeen-year-old Anya Pogharian’s high school science project could end up changing the way dialysis care is delivered.
After poring over online dialysis machine owner’s manuals, she developed a new prototype using simple technology.
While machines currently cost about $30,000, hers would cost just $500 — making it more affordable for people to buy and have at home.
Pogharian was inspired after volunteering at a hospital dialysis unit. When she was assigned a high school science project, she chose to work on a new kind of dialysis unit. She spent 300 hours on her invention — well above and beyond the mandatory 10 hours.
Dialysis is the process of cleaning waste from the blood. It’s typically used for people who have kidney disease. The treatment takes about four hours a couple times per week.
