Patent 'ship' transports drugs within the patient

The Dutch electrician Philips has successfully built a tiny electronic device called the iPill which is capable of transporting the drug to the necessary sites within the patient's digestive system.

Philips electronic cigarette. Photo: Reuters.

The 11 x 26 mm iPill is shaped like a capsule capsule. The mini-ship is made up of a microprocessor chip, battery, wireless transmitter, pump, and storage compartment. It can help doctors treat gastrointestinal lesions such as cancer and gastritis.

Many manufacturers have made tiny electronics that diagnose diseases in the digestive tract. They have many microscopic cameras to diagnose the disease, but are unlikely to send drugs to the affected area. Philips equipment has overcome this weakness. Immediately after the patient swallows iPill, it will locate the lesions in the stomach by measuring the acidity. Then, the device pumped into the injured position.

iPill has a microprocessor chip, battery, wireless transmitter, pump and storage compartment. Photo: Reuters.

IPill's work helps doctors reduce the amount of medication taken into the body, thereby preventing side effects that make the patient uncomfortable. In addition, iPill also measures the temperature of the gastrointestinal tract. It sends information and high definition images through the wireless transmitter. A waist-receiving device treats signals and images.