Doctors have found a way to check inside your stomach and intestines without using tubes or surgery. It’s through a tiny, pill-like camera you can swallow! As this “smart capsule” moves through your body, it takes clear pictures of your digestive system and sends them to a computer.
This helps the doctors identify ulcers, bleeding, or any other problem without causing pain or discomfort. These advanced capsules can send images wirelessly and save power during their operation.
Though they are still a little expensive and their batteries need to be upgraded, such capsules may provide an easy and quick way to diagnose stomach problems for one and all in the future. Just like having a doctor see inside your body-just swallow a pill!
Full text: Vasile Denis Manolescu, Hamzah AlZu’bi, Emanuele Lindo Secco, Review on endoscopic capsules, Exploration of Digital Health Technologies, 2024, 2, 346–359, https://doi.org/10.37349/edht.2024.00033