SmartPill Successfully Measures pH Inside Gut, Medtronic Reveals

Swallowable electronic pills that monitor the state of the gastrointestinal system may change how diseases of the GI tract are diagnosed, monitored, and studied. So far the FDA has approved only the SmartPill from Given Imaging (Yoqneam, Israel) now part of Medtronic, and only for monitoring how the GI system passes the device from one end to the other. While diagnosing gastroparesis, the inability of the stomach to clear itself, is all well and good, electronic pills must have more potential for doing more elaborate measurements.

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