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Tests to Begin on New Video Pill
August 31, 2000| Other News | |
A company in Israel is ready to start testing a new pill which contains a tiny camera. When swallowed, the M2A Swallowable Imaging Capsule designed by Given Imaging will send images of the intestinal tract. The images are picked up by a small receiver that the patient wears.
The new pill, if successful, could eliminate the need for invasive endoscopy. Currently, a tube with a camera and a light on the end, called an endoscope, must be inserted into the body via the mouth or anus for a physician to see inside the body and diagnose problems.
Some gastroenterologists, digestive specialists, are uncertain as to how helpful this new pill will be. The pill can not be directed in any way, so getting a closer look at a problem area is impossible. Also, if body fluids, such as saliva or bile, or natural folds in the bowel are present, they may obscure the view. There is also concern that the pill could get stuck in the intestine.
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