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Remote health monitoring - Would you be willing to swallow a "chip-in-a-pill" ?
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April 27th, 2011
“Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG is developing a pill containing an embedded microchip. The chip is activated by stomach acid and transmits information to a patch attached to the patient’s skin, which then sends it on to a doctor via the Internet or a smartphone. The first application of the chip-in-a-pill — or as it is officially known, the Ingestible Event Marker (IEM) — is expected to be for transplant patients, to help avoid organ rejection. A common problem that occurs after transplant operations is the dose and timing of taking anti-rejection drugs have to be monitored and frequently adjusted to prevent rejection of the transplanted organ, such as a kidney. The microchip would overcome this problem since it would closely monitor the patients to determine if the drugs are being taken at the right time, and in the correct dosage.”
http://www.kurzweilai.net/chip-in-a-pill-may-be-approved-in-2012
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