Dr. Oviemo Ovadje

The Nigerian medical Doctor who contributed in developing an effective, simpler and affordable blood auto-transfusion mechanism. He started working on the invention in 1989 with 120 US dollars to start off with. In 1995 he was declared best African scientist and founded EATSET (Emergency Auto-Transfusion Set) industries in 2001. He has patented the invention in 9 countries and the technology is in use in many developed countries. Dr. Oviemo has received several more awards for this invention, from the African Union to the World Intellectual Property Organisation among others.