Cbc.ca<\/a>, Pogharian was inspired by 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 \u2014 well above and beyond the mandatory 10 hours.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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. Pogharian said she wanted to find a way to improve the procedure, which can be hard on patients.<\/p>\n
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“You wouldn’t have to make your way to the hospital, which is a problem for a lot of patients. It’s not necessarily easy to make your way to the hospital three times a week, especially it you have limited mobility,” she said.<\/p>\n
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Her project has earned her a slew of scholarships and awards. Now, H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec has offered her a summer internship, to try out her invention with real blood.<\/p>\n
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“All the population will benefit from that kind of instrument that will reduce medical care cost, hospitalization stays. Basically, it’s a great idea,” said Louis Thibault, director of applied research at H\u00e9ma-Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n
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Pogharian said she hopes one day, her invention will be used overseas.<\/p>\n
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