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Sensing (by device)
- Biological

Digital Pill

Description

The first digital pill that is able to detect if a patient has taken their medication via tiny sensors that activate once they touch stomach acid. The medication data is communicated to a patch on the patient’s body which transmits this data to an app the patient can access (Ong, 2017).

Ong, T. (2017, November 14). The FDA has approved the first digital pill. The Verge. Retrieved October 21, 2022, from https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/14/16648166/fda-digital-pill-abilify-otsuka-proteus Goes here