E-CAPSULE PROJECT- 3 rd

REVIEW

ANIRUDH RAMANA
BIO-MEDICAL
ROLLNO: 2724116
REGISTER NO:27SBM153
SECTION A
 TECHNOLOGY OF E-CAPSULE
E-capsule, miniature of pill.
To be ingested
With a miniature camera model (g6620)
Micro controller 5 port mode(18 f 4 52), sensor,
battery, ADC and DAC in built.
LCD, radio frequency transmitter, receiver, flash
memory 8 kb .
It takes 2.8 to 5 volts.
It is web based interface, RAM has 386 bites
TECHNOLOGY OF E-CAPSULE CONT’D
Low power consumption.
Two pictures every second taken by camera.
For 8 hours.
Images transmitted to a data recorder.
Fitted to the abdomen of the patient by a belt.
It has 16 cameras
 INDICATIONS
Iron deficiency anaemia when obscure gastro intestinal
bleeding is suspected.

Detection of benign and malignant small intestinal

tumours.

Evaluation of Coeliac disease (not responding to

treatment or where there is doubt about the diagnosis) and
other other malabsorption disorders that may lead to
chronic diarrhoea and weight loss.
 INDICATIONS CONT’D
 Identification of medication related to small bowel injury.

An additional diagnostic facility for possible small bowel

abnormalities identified by other.

 Investigations (such as CT, MRI or barium X-rays)

requiring further investigation.

 Diagnosis of early or suspected small bowel Crohn’s

disease.
 PROCEDURE
Ingest the pillcam video.

Capsule transmits image to data recorder.

Images are reviewed using software and

physicians make diagnosis.
IMAGE SPECTRUM