Smart pills for gastrointestinal diagnostics and therapy

Gerard Cummins*

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Abstract

Ingestible smart pills have the potential to be a powerful clinical tool in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disease. Though examples of this technology, such as capsule endoscopy, have been successfully translated from the lab into clinically used products, there are still numerous challenges that need to be overcome. This review gives an overview of the research being done in the area of ingestible smart pills and reports on the technical challenges in this field.
Original languageEnglish
Article number113931
Number of pages22
JournalAdvanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Volume177
Early online date17 Aug 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2021

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • capsule endoscope
  • drug delivery capsule
  • gastrointestinal diagnosis
  • gastrointestinal therapy
  • ingestible electronics
  • smart pill
  • Smart pill
  • Drug delivery capsule
  • Capsule endoscope
  • Gastrointestinal therapy
  • Gastrointestinal diagnosis
  • Ingestible electronics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pharmaceutical Science

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