A single pill can replace the hectic procedure of colonoscopy. Scientists have developed pills with an imaging device that can reach even the toughest corners of the colon and give a detailed inside picture. A new device has been tested by scientists, which is nothing but a capsule containing two nano-size cameras at the either end and it can travel through the human gut and perform diagnostic imaging. The system is now being considered as the alternative to existing colonoscopy.
A standard colonoscopy requires a flexible tube to be inserted into the rectum and guided by the physician through the colon. The images are seen through a camera which is at the end of the tube and it can successfully detect any polyp, ulcer or cancerous growth in the colon if present. In this procedure, the patient must be sedated and they also need to take a day off from their routine daily activity.…
