New SmartPill Knows When You Take It

Courtesy of The University of Florida

Here at Techmedicus we love our smartpills. This new one has been developed at the University of Florida and is specifically used to track whether a patient has taken their pills or not.

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The iPill (haven’t we had enough with the “i” yet?) by the newly acquired Novartis subsidiary Proteus Biomedical. The pill has embedded ingestible sensors which deliver valuable information to physicians. These sensors can track vital signs [...]

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