New "Smart Capsule" to Study the Health of the GI Tract (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

New "Smart Capsule" to Study the Health of the GI Tract

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Caltech's PillTrek smart capsule measures just 7 millimeters in diameter and 25 millimeters in length, making it smaller than commercially available capsule cameras used for endoscopy but capable of executing a range of electrochemical measurements in the gut. 

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Jihong Min and Wei Gao

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