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Digestible microchips embedded in drugs may soon tell
doctors whether a patient is taking their medications as
prescribed. These sensors are the first ingestible
devices approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). To some, they signify the
beginning of an era in digital medicine. The sand-
particle sized sensor consists of a minute silicon chip
containing trace amounts of magnesium and copper.
When swallowed, it generates a slight voltage in
response to digestive juices, which conveys a signal to
the surface of a person’s skin where a patch then relays
the information to a mobile phone belonging to a health
care provider. Currently, the FDA and the analogous
regulatory agency in Europe have only approved the
device based on studies showing its safety and efficacy
when implanted in placebo pills. But scientists hope to
have the device approved within other drugs in the near
future. Medicines that must be taken for years, such as
those for drug-resistant diabetes, and for the elderly with
chronic diseases, are top candidates. Proponents of
digital medical devices predict they will provide
alternatives to blood tests, MRIs and CAT scans. Other
gadgets in the pipeline include implantable devices that
wirelessly inject drug at pre-specified times and sensors
that deliver a person’s electrocardiogram to their
smartphone.