Electronic pills are swallowable devices developed to monitor internal health parameters such as body temperature and pH levels, originating from technology advancements in 1972. While they offer benefits like high sensitivity and real-time data collection, challenges include high cost, single-use limitations, and inability to perform certain medical treatments. The technology is still evolving, with recent manufacturing efforts by BodyCap in France.

1. Electronic Pills – Collecting data
inside the body
Prepared by
Burhanuddin Kapadia (28)
Nikhil Katira (30)
Maitreysinh Chavda (11)
Yugma Gandhi (19)
Meet Gandhi (18)
MECHANICAL
DEAPARTMENT SEMESTER 1

2. Content
• Introduction
• Working
• Parts
• Usage
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Limitations
• Conclusion
• Reference/Questions

3. Introduction
• Electronic pills is a capsule shaped electronic device
that can be easily swallowed by any normal patient
• As our body is a sensitive system.
• Many times doctors can not easily find some minor
diseases inside the body.
• To overcome this problem Dr.Eric Johnessen and
Prof. Jon Cooper led to development of electronic
pills in 1972.
• It is developed on the basis of nanotachnology

4. Working
● It is medical monitering system.
● It works under Wideband technology.
● Electronic pills consist of 4 parts.
● The pills are swallowed and after
completion of mission if comes out
through bowel movement.
● Size:- 16mm*55mm
● Weight:- 5grams
● Records parameter like body
temperature, pH level,conductivity &
dissolved O2 in real time.

5. Working

6. Working

7. Parts

8. Usage
Core diseases
Hospital usage
Effort hyperthermia
Prevent hypothermia
Performance optimization Clinical reasearch
Choronology
SportsMedical Research

9. Advantages
• It is being beneficially used for disease detection &
abnormalities in human.
• Small size,so can move easily through digestive system.
• Accurate ,precise and effective.
• High sensitivity, Good reliability & Life times.
• Very long life of the cells(40 hours), Less Power, Current
& Voltage requirement(12.1 mW, 3.9 mA, 3.1 V)
• Made of bio-compatible material, doesn't cause any harm to
the body.

10. Disadvantages
● Expensive
● Not reusable
● Difficult to control camera behavior

11. Limitation
● Cannot perform radiation treatment associated with cancer &
chronic inflammation.
● Micro electronic pills are expensive & are not available in
many countries.
● Still its size is not digestible to small babies.
● Cannot detect radiation abnormalities.

12. Conclusion
● Visually examine the digestive tract wirelessly
● Data rate capacity of 100 Mbps
● A high-capacity radio system is currently necessary
● Current designs show the technology is still in its infancy,
mainly due to the small size requirement.
● Recently, it is manufactures by BODYCAP company in France.
● And had a partnership with European countries.

13. Reference
j. o. sines,''permanent implants for heart rate and body
temperature recording in the rat,''AMA Arch. Gen. Psychiatry,
vol.2.no.2
R. S. Mackya, ''Radio telemetering from within the human body,''
science vol.134
G. Meron, ''the development of swallowable video capsule(M2A)
Gastronist. Endosc vol.6

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