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My only concern is that it is not retrieved but passes through the body naturally. This creates two issues in my mind. Excess e-waste into our sewage system, plus the possibility, if it contains patient data, to be retrieved and used by third parties.
It should be seen how the stuff comes out
Amazing advancements in medical technology
I like the promise of technology. What I've seen is we are too easily looking past the greatest technology, which is our original anatomy and physiology. Let us use this original technology to its greatest capacity through education and skill-building, as we learn to use other modified technologies such as this pill in context. The other factor to be considered is one of trust, given the record of healthcare and public health in prioritizing dependency. A healthy balance of curiosity and diligence is necessary beyond the simplistic call to be brave and allow microbots into the body.
This Pillbot sounds fascinating! The idea of ingestible robots for medical diagnoses is a huge leap forward.👏🏼
Apparantly these ingestible microrobots look promising. They can navigate through the digestive system, enabling targeted drug delivery, diagnostic procedures, and do therapeutic interventions. I think they will improve the precision of treatments etc. They shud be designed to drop medication at specific sites, take biopsy samples, or even perform little surgical tasks..one hopes. What do you guys think abt its potential? Muhammad Irtaza Cheema Asra Arshad
We've been dropping pillcams for years in Endoscopy to identify anomalies in the small bowel, as this is an area we are unable to reach with an endoscope. How much water volume is required for this pillbot to function? Can it 'see' above the water level to identify hiatal hernias, esophageal varices, Mallory-Weiss tear or a Zenkers ring? It is an interesting advancement in technology, but I question it's ability to remove or significantly reduce the need for endoscopic procedures.
This technology and such first in class FDA approved pill, PillCam, was cleared already during 2001. It was invented by a company named GIVEN IMAGING (was NASDAQ listed : [GIVN]) acquired by Medtronic. This innovation started In Israel. Nice to see others are expanding the vision and the potential application base for PillCam inspired devices.
It really is a fascinating tool and with the pace of miniaturization and IT growth, it will be smaller than current size by the time it hit the market. I believe, if priced correctly and with multiple players it could render endoscopy irrelevant over a period of next 10-15 years. 👍
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