POSTS TAGGED AS ingestible device

Breaking Down Ingestible Devices

MIT Light trigger breaks down ingestible medical devices
In this piece, MIT engineers “describe the development of a modular and tunable [MORE]

A Robotic Biologic Pill

RaniPill
“Upon entering the small intestine, the RaniPill capsule inflates a small balloon, which then pushes drug-loaded needles into the wall [MORE]

Living, Ingestible Biosensor

Ingestible sensor for GI tract
Engineers at MIT have built a 1.5”ingestible capsule with electronics and engineered E. coli to detect bleeding and other [MORE]

New Design for Extended Release Pills

MIT Drug-Delivery Capsule
Most extended release drugs have polymer coatings that dissolve slower in the low pH of the stomach and [MORE]

A Pillcam with Four Cameras

Capsocam-1
The aptly named company “CapsoVision” (Saratoga, CA) makes a swallowable capsule-endoscopy device that has four cameras giving a 360 degree [MORE]

Ingestible X-Ray Pill

Check-Cap Ingestible Imaging Capsule
GE Healthcare and Check-Cap (Isfiya, Israel) are collaborating to create a imaging pill (somewhat similar to Medtronic’s [MORE]

Extended Release Pill that Attaches to the GI Tract

MIT GI Tract Drug Delivery
Research engineers at MIT have devised a two-sided pill, where one side sticks to mucosal tissue [MORE]

Freeze Dried Gut Microbes in a “Smart Capsule”

Smart Capsule
Electrical engineers at Purdue University propose that a “smart capsule” (about the size of a gelcap) could deliver a [MORE]

Smart “Pill” Device for Occult Blood in GI Tract

GOB
Traces of blood in the stool are alarming, and even more so because it is difficult to discover if [MORE]