German docs develop remote-control stomach submarine • The Register: "Boffins in Germany were chuffed indeed yesterday, as they announced successful trials of the latest medi-tech development: swallowable, remote controlled video-cam 'capsule' submarines, able to probe a patient's guts without the need for an intrusive umbilical cable running down the throat or up the bottom.
Thus far, docs needing a good look at the inside of someone's stomach, intestines etc have employed two methods: the mainstream one involves use of a conventional endoscope, in effect a flexible tentacle periscope inserted at one end of the alimentary canal or the other."
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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