A Swallowable Smart Pill for Local Drug Delivery

Abstract—In this paper, a smart pill for local drug delivery is presented. The pill is designed to achieve local therapy on gastrointestinal tissue thanks to a novel drug delivery system (DDS). The DDS consists of a miniature electrolytic pump. This microfabricated pump is ideal for medical applications because of its low power consumption, compatibility with small size batteries, integrabili…