When we have gastric ulcers or gastrointestinal discomfort, we usually need to go to the store for consultation, queue up for blood drawing and ultrasound, and after discovering the problem, we have to go through a gastroscopy before we can be diagnosed and receive medical treatment. Usually, if we are diagnosed with gastric cancer at this stage, it is a little too late… Therefore Endiatx, a new start-up company in the United States, has been developing aPill-sized robota machine used to replace the endoscope, and can even directly determine the surgical process. This product also won the Edison Award.
“Every 39 seconds, a patient dies from gastric cancer and other related diseases.”
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Indian PillBot It can be said to be the world’s first publicly released capsule robot. Its appearance is slightly larger than ordinary pills. There is a lens, LED light set, laser light, data conversion module, battery pack and special drive motor at the front. Through Endiatx The developed system platform is paired with Microsoft Xbox wireless controller to further enablePillBot Take the initiative to view the entire gastrointestinal condition within 30 minutes via real-time video.
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“The key is how small it is so that the patient can swallow it smoothly and can clearly identify the affected area.”
For the development team, the biggest challenge is to effectively enable the product to achieve the same resolution as a gastroscope and achieve medical-level effects in such a small space. At the earlier 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS 2024 event, Endiatx product development engineer Thomas Silva specifically explained some of the problems in developing this product, including how to put some complex precision parts into a capsule-sized space and be able to withstand the human intestines corrosive, and able to meet the precise measurement requirements of medical institutions. In the end, they solved all problems through SOLLIDWORKS.
Thomas Silva pointed out that currently launched Indian PillBot It is the world’s first minimally invasive robot developed for the gastrointestinal tract. This product has entered the in vivo experimental stage. The ultimate goal is to achieve the results of remote medicine, so that patients who are inconvenient to go out can use PillBot to perform surgery at home. Doctors can remotely collect specimens from patients in the hospital and even perform minimally invasive surgery. Next step,Indian PillBot It will be updated and upgraded iteratively, and it is hoped that in the future, samples from affected parts of the body can be collected and used with an oscilloscope to detect pancreatic cancer and other related diseases early.
