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Briefing
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- Ingestible Sensor – Developed by MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers to be folded up into a pill and unfold while attaching to stomach lining, enabling sensor to monitor stomach movements, sense food ingestion as well as power itself for at least two days without degrading
- Technological Parts – Made up of 2x 2.5 cm flexible polymer, polyimide, along with electronic circuits, which are platinum electrode on underside and PZT gold electrode on top capable of producing electric charge in response to mechanical force
- Initial Artificial Testing – Engineers initially tested device on recently removed pig’s stomach and in sedated and ambulatory pigs to monitor electrical output and function
- Expected Outcome – Aims to introduce new routes to monitor vital signs and help diagnosis and treatment of gut movement disorders, such as gastroparesis, which is associated with diabetes
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Sector
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Healthcare/Health Sciences
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Organization
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Source
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Trafton, A., "Flexible sensors can detect movement in GI tract",
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Scudellari, M., "A Fitbit for the Stomach",
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Comstock, J., "MIT, Brigham and Women's researchers test inside-the-stomach flexible sensors",
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Original Publication Date
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October 10, 2017
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