GI Tracking Sensor (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

GI Tracking Sensor

Caption

This ingestible sensor whose location can be monitored as it moves through the digestive tract, is an advance that could help doctors more easily diagnose gastrointestinal motility disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and gastroparesis.

Credit

MIT

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