Researchers from MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital created new 3D printed ingestible capsule for delivering drugs and sensing environment inside body

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Researchers from MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital created new 3D printed ingestible capsule for delivering drugs and sensing environment inside body

January 8, 2019

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  • Ingestible Capsule – Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital developed ingestible device that can last for one month inside stomach
  • 3D Printing – Used multimaterial 3D printing to manufacture capsules with alternate layers of stiff and flexible polymers
  • Bluetooth Technology – Device controllable by Bluetooth technology, able to transmit information and respond to instructions from mobile device
  • Communication Capability – Can be made to communicate with other wearable and implantable medical devices
  • Battery-Operated – Powered by small silver oxide battery, with plans to replace battery with alternative power sources, such as external antenna or stomach acid
  • Applications – Can be used to deliver drugs and sense environment inside body, such as measuring heart rate and breathing rate

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Sector

Healthcare/Health Sciences

Organization

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.

Source

Original Publication Date

December 13, 2018

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