Real-time monitoring of the gastrointestinal tract in a safe and comfortable manner is valuable for the diagnosis and therapy of many diseases. Within this realm, our review captures the trends in ingestible capsule systems with a focus on hardware and software technologies used for capsule endoscopy and remote patient monitoring. We introduce the structure and functions of the gastrointestinal tract, and the FDA guidelines for ingestible wireless telemetric medical devices. We survey the advanc...

Electric Engineering  Drugs & Devices  Genetic Engineering  Biological Engineering  Evidence Based Medicine  Chemical Engineering & Technology  Gastroenterology & Hepatology  Diagnostics 

Doi:10.34133/2021/9854040