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REVIEW OF LITERATURE In the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, there was a group of five people who landed onto a submarine called Proteus and were shrunk into microscopic size. They were then injected into the body of a scientist and their mission was to save him from the blood clot in the brain. All that seemed quite thrilling stuff then — but now a part of that sci-fi fantasy has come true with the smart pills. We all are familiar with ordinary pills available in the market, but have you ever thought of ‘Smart’ pills? The scope of this report includes smart pills, their uses and their potential in the future. To start with, we will define what a smart pill is. Smart Pill is an ingestible capsule that has been modified to track health from the …show more content…

"This capsule represents a significant advance in medical technology," said D 'Andrea to UB reporters, "With the Smart Pill, we have been able to miniaturize a complex electronic system and put it into a capsule about one inch long. You 're not just taking a pill, you 're swallowing the instrument.” Traditional Procedures & Need for Smart Pill Since we will be looking at some of the smart pills in detail, it becomes important to have a look at the existing traditional procedures we already have to deal with the problems that smart pills have the power to address. For instance, one of the conventional methods to look over the Inflammatory Bowel Disorders (IBDs) which alter the gastro intestinal tract has been the use of endoscope which is interpolated through patient’s mouth, nose or rectum. These procedures provide some information: gastroscopy provides information about the Oesophagus and the stomach while the colonoscopy helps investigate the large intestine. These procedures are not only undesirable for the patients but are also incapable to provide information from the small

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