Illustration of capsule magnet system. (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Illustration of capsule magnet system.

Caption

These illustrations show (A) the setup for the external magnetic robotic arms; (B) a conceptual illustration of the capsule being magnetically controlled in the human gastrointestinal tract; (C) the position of the magnets within the capsule; and (D) the motion of the brush during sampling.

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Y. Dai et al., 2026/ Device

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