There’s really no easy way to talk about a camera that you swallow and swims through your colon, so we’ll just forge ahead. All mental discomfort aside, this next generation capsule camera is pretty cool — it has a tiny motor that is guided wirelessly by an MRI that allows doctors to steer it for maximum precision.
The little cam works by receiving magnetic instructions from the MRI that steers a rudder like motor. Because it is wireless it eliminates the need for a more invasive tether guidance system (thank you!).
While pill cameras — known as capsule endoscopes — have been around for some time now, this version created by researchers at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) will dramatically improve on what the doctors can observe. The patient swallows it and forgets about it while the doctors guide it directly to specific areas and capture real time images.
via Dvice
January 17, 2012
