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Her Medication

Smart Pill Reports Back
A new smart pill could let doctors know when patients
have taken their medicine.
By Jennifer Chu
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
         
The medicine cabinet of the future could help make sure
patients take their medications on time via a myriad of
smart technologies. There are already pill bottles that
wirelessly report to a computer when a cap has been
opened, and devices for automatically dispensing medicine
at the right time, and for reminding patients to take their
meds.

Pill police: This capsule, which wraps around a standard
pill capsule, includes a microchip and a tiny antenna
etched from silver ink to track when and if the pill was
taken.
Credit: University of Florida
Now researchers at the University of Florida have
engineered a smart pill with a tiny antenna and microchip
that could signal when it has made it into a patient's
stomach--reporting to a cell phone or computer that she
has taken her medicine. Their design is the latest of
several high-tech pill-reporting efforts to improve patient
adherence and provide accurate reporting.

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/25002/
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