Smart pills that monitor your body from the inside

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Smart pills are a category of tiny ingestible medical devices that has taken diagnostic methods to the next level.

  • Pillcam is a swallowable camera capsule that takes pictures of your digestive tract to diagnose GI bleeding, Chron’s disease and tumors as it moves through. This currently used in major tertiary hospitals in India.

  • Cor Temp Body temperature sensor is used in critical care, military and sports medicine as it can track temperature from the inside. This has very limited use in India.

Here is an article about its benefits and challenges - Smart Pill Technology: Advancements, Applications, and Future Prospects
Would you trust a tiny capsule to monitor health from inside?

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Novel technique…

But what are the side side-effects?

How will it be excreted from the body?

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Yes, for diagnostic purpose .

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Might cause Abd discomfort.
It passes naturally through the intestines and is typically expelled in the feces within 24 to 72 hours.

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It can be prove as a great innovation in a Health Care sector.

It can be helpful for those who are afraid of invasive procedure.

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new to knew

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Absolutely! I trust new technologies—after all, we see new inventions popping up all the time.

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Thanks for sharing

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Informative

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Informative !

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This will be a game changer

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Thankyou for this new information.

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Yes, as replied earlier it is expelled in the feces within 24 to 72 hours. They are designed to be disposable after a single use.

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Ingestible biosensors are a key component of smart pills, allowing for the collection of real-time data about a patient’s health and medication.
It is very interesting information .

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Interesting!

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This is really impressive technology @Prisha! Swallowing a tiny camera to check inside the body sounds futuristic but also very useful especially to catch issues without invasive procedures. It’s amazing how far medical tech has come. I think if it’s safe and reliable, I would definitely trust it to help monitor health.

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