Comments on: Proteus Ingestible Microchip Hits Clinical Trials

By: Welcome to Rite Aid, The Virtual Doctors Will See You Now | Singularity Hub

Welcome to Rite Aid, The Virtual Doctors Will See You Now | Singularity Hub — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:31:27 +0000

[...] Fitbit, test our blood sugar levels with our smartphones, and soon we’ll be able to swallow a pill that monitors our internal physiology. But to be clear, virtual visits aren’t meant to replace face-to-face visits but to augment them. [...]

By: Proteus Ingestible Microchip Hits Clinical Trials : Proteus Biomedical, Inc.

Proteus Ingestible Microchip Hits Clinical Trials : Proteus Biomedical, Inc. — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:28:02 +0000

[...] About a year ago, we brought to light a brilliant company that could be described as a predecessor to body 2.0. Proteus Biomedical specializes in creating a digestible, ingestible microchip called the Raisin that can be put into medicines. The chip is activated by stomach acids and can transmit to an external receiver from within the body. Now, the Proteus system is about to be tested in two clinical trials in the UK, a big leap that, if successful, could bring this technology to consumers in a mere matter of years. Edible underwear, yes, but edible microchips? Now that is cool. read more >> [...]

By: Angelica

Angelica — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:28:14 +0000

An animated demonstration of how the Raisin “smart pill” can keep patients’ medication routines on track can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b9SH1LMxbw

By: Angelica

Angelica — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:28:00 +0000

An animated demonstration of how the Raisin “smart pill” can keep patients’ medication routines on track can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b9SH1LMxbw

By: Networking Your Medication « Boston Biotech Watch

Networking Your Medication « Boston Biotech Watch — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:25:07 +0000

[...] VC and private equity investors (see Table 1 for a list) have jumped on Proteus to the tune of a reported $100 million ($32 million in a 2008 Series D financing alone), providing a big cushion of capital [...]

By: Ingestible Chip that Reminds You to Take Medicine begins trials with Novartis | Singularity Hub

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:43:55 +0000

[...] their pills, but that could all change with Proteus Biomedical. As we described last year, and again recently, Proteus attaches an ingestible computer chip on pills so that an implanted or mobile device can [...]

By: Implant Cures High Blood Pressure | Singularity Hub

Implant Cures High Blood Pressure | Singularity Hub — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:23:04 +0000

[...] = ‘singularityhub’; Pills are quickly going out of style. Ok, so the SmartPill and microchip embedded pills are still cool, but regular old blood pressure medication is as un-hip as it gets. Thankfully the [...]

By: Proteus Biomedical: China likely to swallow “smart pills” first | mobihealthnews

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:21:12 +0000

[...] After all, it is running on stomach acid, a rather corrosive liquid. According to a post from the blog Singularity Hub, Proteus has been developing a solution — ChipSkin. This technology aims to keep Raisin [...]