New battery that can power e pills
Posted on: 12/Feb/2017 12:38:19 PM
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have developed a small battery that runs on stomach acids and could power next-generation ingestible electronic pills which may monitor patient health or treat diseases by residing in the gastrointestinal tract for extended periods of time.
Speaking about this, the researchers said, The device may offer a safer and lower-cost alternative to the traditional batteries now used to power such devices. We need to come up with ways to power these ingestible systems for a long time. We see the gastrointestinal tract as providing a really unique opportunity to house new systems for drug delivery and sensing, and fundamental to these systems is how they are powered.
