Technological progress seems science fiction but a reality. It is already available Pillcam, a painless diagnostic method and more direct for endoscopies.
Some of the latest technological advances in the field of medicine are truly amazing. Especially welcome when advances allow for high precision and a low level of discomfort for the person must submit to them.
An example is the familiar discomfort and bad mood that any of us generates an endoscopy.
is that the introduction of a strange device in our bodies, at least uncomfortable. Through a flexible tube with a camera - endoscope - which is introduced into our body and takes pictures to be moved by the cavities to be tested, the procedure usually requires sedation of the patient.
But now a new technique has reached the market. This is the "Pillcam" an endoscopic device developed by the company independently Given Images of Israel.
consists of a capsule (Capsule endoscopy) that includes a small little camera and helps to visualize the inside of the gastro-intestinal system. The gastrointestinal tract is a tube that extends from the mouth to the anus and he performs the digestion and absorption of food.
The "pill camera" or "Pillcam" measures approximately 3 x 1.1 cm, weighs 3.7 grams and contains a micro color inside a white light source, short focal length lenses, batteries, antenna and transmitter RF.
As you know, the method is less invasive and more direct and allows the gastroenterologist to detect and size various digestive system disorders.
Some of the latest technological advances in the field of medicine are truly amazing. Especially welcome when advances allow for high precision and a low level of discomfort for the person must submit to them.
An example is the familiar discomfort and bad mood that any of us generates an endoscopy.
is that the introduction of a strange device in our bodies, at least uncomfortable. Through a flexible tube with a camera - endoscope - which is introduced into our body and takes pictures to be moved by the cavities to be tested, the procedure usually requires sedation of the patient.
But now a new technique has reached the market. This is the "Pillcam" an endoscopic device developed by the company independently Given Images of Israel.
consists of a capsule (Capsule endoscopy) that includes a small little camera and helps to visualize the inside of the gastro-intestinal system. The gastrointestinal tract is a tube that extends from the mouth to the anus and he performs the digestion and absorption of food.
The "pill camera" or "Pillcam" measures approximately 3 x 1.1 cm, weighs 3.7 grams and contains a micro color inside a white light source, short focal length lenses, batteries, antenna and transmitter RF.
As you know, the method is less invasive and more direct and allows the gastroenterologist to detect and size various digestive system disorders.
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