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An intestinal telemetric capsule has been developed to study the small bowel in man. It consists of a cylinder (11 mm in diameter and 39mm in length) containing a location detector, a radiotransmitter, a lithium battery and an interthrough the whole gut and is recovered in the stools. During the transit through the small bowel, the information provided by the radiotransmitter allows continuous monitoring of the distance covered from the pylorus, the direction and the velocity of progression. Moreover, according to the type of interchangeable tip, it is possible, by remote control, to sample 0·5 ml of intraluminal fluid for subsequent analysis or to release 1 ml of any liquid substance in a precisely determined place for pharmacological studies. The main originality of the capsule is its ability to transmit its precise location inside the small bowel.
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Lambert, A., Vaxman, F., Crenner, F. et al. Autonomous telemetric capsule to explore the small bowel. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 29, 191–196 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447107
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