Modular "plug-and-play" capsules for multi-capsule environment in the gastrointestinal tract.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
; 2009: 6846-9, 2009.
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ABSTRACT
The invention of wireless capsule endoscopy has opened new ways of diagnosing and treating diseases in the gastrointestinal tract. Current wireless capsules can perform simple operations such as imaging and data collection (like temperature, pressure, and pH) in the gastrointestinal tract. Researchers are now focusing on adding more sophisticated functions such as drug delivery, surgical clips/tags deployment, and tissue samples collection. The finite on-board power on these capsules is one of the factors that limits the functionalities of these wireless capsules. Thus multiple application-specific capsules would be needed to complete an endoscopic operation. This would give rise to a multi-capsule environment. Having a modular "plug-and-play" capsule design would facilitate doctors in configuring multiple application-specific capsules, e.g. tagging capsule, for use in the gastrointestinal tract. This multi-capsule environment also has the advantage of reducing power consumption through asymmetric multi-hop communication.
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Asunto principal:
Tracto Gastrointestinal
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Endoscopios en Cápsulas
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
Año:
2009
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Article
País de afiliación:
Singapur