Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston have successfully tested a controllable endoscopic capsule, inspired by science fiction, that has the ability to “swim” through the body and could provide clinicians with unprecedented control when photographing the inside of the human body.
The capsule is designed to be swallowed like a pill and can be equipped with a camera. Once inside the patient’s digestive track, a doctor can “steer” the capsule through the body using an MRI machine, photograph specific areas of interest, and view those pictures wirelessly.
via Robotics Trends
February 20, 2012
