3D printed ingestible capsule can provide diagnosis and drug delivery

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Draper, and Brigham and Women's Hospital (all MA, USA) have designed an ingestible capsule, manufactured by 3D printing technology, which can be customized to deliver drugs via Bluetooth wireless technology. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Draper, and Brigham and Women's Hospital (all MA, USA) have designed an ingestible capsule, manufactured by 3D printing technology, which can be customized to deliver drugs via Bluetooth wireless technology. Over several years, the team spent time working on a variety of ingestible sensors and drug delivery capsules, which they believed would be useful for long...