A fantastic voyage through the body in a miniature vessel? You probably saw it in a science fiction movie. For patients with intestinal bleeding, it is a reality. Digital chips are so small that a ...

Ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for a while, but they’re severely limited and not controllable by physicians, relying entirely on gravity and the digestive system for movement.

In the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, a group of scientists ventures inside the body of an injured colleague to save him from a life-threatening blood clot. They get a front-row seat to the ...

Discover the revolutionary small capsule-camera that has the potential to vastly improve your health. This innovative technology is designed to provide detailed insights into your digestive system, ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a tiny camera patients can swallow to yield a living-color tour of the stomach and bowel. The medical diagnostic technology is a camera-in-a-capsule ...

A tiny capsule with 4 cameras is revolutionizing veterinary technology, and helped a sick Arlington dog. "Sparky" Sorensen started vomiting a month ago. First, his owners took him to an emergency ...

Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a pill-sized camera to check the midsection of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract for any abnormalities. An endoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure in which ...

A miniature camera the size of a capsule that is swallowed and that then transmits images of the inside of the gut can reveal cancer and gastrointestinal diseases. The device, which will be studied in ...

When Are Endoscopies Preferred To Capsule Endoscopies? Gastroenterologists routinely perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy to visualize the digestive tract, including the small intestine, and the large ...

Non-invasive capsule endoscopy system aims to enable earlier detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma - among the most fatal cancers worldwideSARATOGA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...