11 innovative medical devices you need to know from 2018

January 18, 2019 By Danielle Kirsh

Wireless system powers devices inside the body

[Image from MIT]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and Brigham and Women’s Hospital scientists have developed a wireless, ingestible system that can power and communicate with devices that are implanted deep within the body. The researchers suggest that the system could be used to deliver drugs, monitor conditions inside the body or treat diseases by stimulating the brain with electricity or light.

The implants are powered by radio frequency waves that can safely pass through human tissue. The waves are able to power devices that are 10 cm deep in tissue from 1 meter away.

Since the devices don’t need a battery, they can be made tiny. The researchers tested a prototype that was about the size of a grain of rice, but they hope to make the devices smaller in the future.

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Danielle Kirsh

Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master's in global strategic communications at the University of Florida. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at dkirsh@wtwhmedia.com.