Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules
A stomach implant delivers insulin that can be refilled through capsules that are swallowed. If the device is approved for use in humans, it could revolutionise the treatment of type 1 diabetes
A prototype implant for treating diabetes uses magnetic pills that would beryllium swallowed to refill insulin The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
An implant astir the size of 2 packs of playing cards tin wirelessly complaint its artillery and restock insulin painlessly. The squad that made the instrumentality says it could revolutionise the attraction of benignant 1 diabetes.
The instrumentality weighs 165 grams and is designed to beryllium implanted wrong the abdomen, connected the extracurricular of the stomach. It perpetually measures levels of insulin successful the humor and releases doses of the hormone via a tiny catheter …
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