Smart Pills Technology: Major Development in the SmartPill Market & Healthcare Sector 

The rise in the medical demands provokes the rise in the technology that distribution of medications. With the various technologies in the market like - phone apps, alarms packaging, and smart pills, one is having no excuses for forgetting to take the medication. With the development of wireless technology, devices, and microscopic cameras, the term “embeddable” and “wearables” are evolving. These smart devices allow users to identify diseases or other health concerns more easily and sometimes sooner than their occurrence. In this era of evolving technology health frontiers have started using the smart pill technology, which might transform the way we use our medicines.


Smart Pills are the of the rising number of technologies in medical diagnostics. The pill is termed “ smart” with reference to the technological components used. Along with the help of Artificial Intelligence, these components may include microchips, cameras, or sensors that are capable of interacting wirelessly with the software, mobile applications, computers in pharmacies or doctor's clinics, and any other smart devices. The size of a Smart Pill may vary depending upon the usage, however, it is generally of the dimension 26mm x 13mm, and slightly larger than a multivitamin tablet.


How does the pill work?


A Smart Pill also called the Capsule Endoscopy is a small disposable capsule that is swallowed by the patient. After the approval from the Food & Drug Administration, the SmartPill is being used to identify the diseases associated with delayed stomach emptying as well as the evaluation of idiopathic chronic constipation. It is also used to evaluate the gastrointestinal (GI) tract issues in the patients. The data is received through the data receiver worn by the patients as it travels through the GI tract. The data received includes the Gastric PH levels, pressure patterns, temperature, colonic transit time, and other information. It can also aid in the diagnosis of other gastrointestinal motility problems such as persistent constipation, nausea, gastroparesis, acid reflux, and others.


Another method that is not yet widely used is to embed microscopic cameras in pills that can take photographs of the digestive tract. The embedded cameras wirelessly distribute the pictures to the receiver in the same manner as other sensors do. 


Benefits of Smart Pills


The development of Smart Pills can help the need of the patient, and diagnosis for the physician in many ways. SmartPills are made up of dissolvable sensors that may be utilized to treat a wide range of diseases. These pills can also be used to detect Celiac Disease and colon cancers.


The use of smart pills delivers a benefit to a wide range of populations with the capability to be used in different ways. Some of the proper usages of SmartPils are - 

  • Capsule Endoscopy

  • Drug Delivery 

  • Patient Monitoring

  • Disease Diagnosis


Key Companies in the Smart Pill Market


There is a battle between the leading competitors and the other companies which are continuously developing and doing research for the betterment of the Smart Pill technology. The first Smart Pill was a digital cancer pill, which was introduced in January 2019, contains capecitabine, which is a cancer medication that patients take many times each day. 


Some of the key companies that are progressing in the Smart Pill market size with the continuous development are - Medtronic Plc., Olympus Medical Technology, CapsoVision, Inc., Novartis AG, Proteus Pharmaceuticals, Philips Healthcare, Microchips, Bio-Images Drug Delivery (BDD) Limited, Given Imaging, Vitality, Check-Cap, PENTAX Medical, BodyCap, Jinshan Science & Technology (Group) Co., RF Co., Ltd., CapsoVision Inc., General Electric Company, and others. In the current scenario, only a few companies are having the FDA approval for Smart Pill manufacturing, but in the upcoming years, more improvements and developments tend to grow the market with the introduction of new technologies in the healthcare sector. 


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