It only took four years, but the Proteus Digital Health (formerly Biomedical) was granted FDA 510(k) premarket approval for the Proteus Ingestible Event Marker (IEM)–the chips in the pills. Both the IEM and the skin sensor patch, which transmits the pill ingestion
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Proteus Biomedical’s Helius ‘sensor-enabled tablets’ can be taken with pills or incorporated directly into medicines by the manufacturers. The sensors are activated by stomach acid and each sensor, the size of a grain of sand, contains a tiny amount of
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Proteus Biomedical announced that its ‘smart pill’ and biometric system was awarded US Patent Service Patent Number 7,978,064 for the Proteus Raisin System: pill and micro-electronic recorder (either as skin patch or implantable device). Notably the release addresses one concern
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Avery Dennison Medical Solutions (pressure-sensitive adhesive technologies) and Proteus Biomedical (‘intelligent’ medicine and mobile health) have announced a new partnership as “a key component of our strategy to become a leader in the emerging areas of consumer and remote patient
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Proteus Biomedical, best known here for ‘chip pills’ that monitor medication compliance (13 January, 9 February, more), just received FDA 510(k) approval for their Raisin Personal Monitor, a wearable device for remote recording and analysis of heart rate, physical activity, body
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This further investment by Novartis in Proteus Biomedical following its recent small test of Proteus microchips in Novartis’ blood pressure medication Diovan (see earlier article) seems to be key in Novartis’ efforts to gain greater adherence by patients in pharmaceutical therapy.  The licensing
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For those of us who associate Avery Dennison with office products and labels, their presence in healthcare will come as a surprise (well, it did Editor Donna!) Their recently announced partnership with Preventice, a developer of mobile health apps and
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Implanted user interfaces, which is what chips in your arm or chest are formally called, can be used for alerting, recharging and reprogramming of existing implanted devices such as pacemakers without wireless transmissions, which can be hacked. On the other
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Electric bandages may be in our future. The US Army Medical Research and Material Command is testing a polyester cloth wound dressing with zinc and silver microdots which, when moisture is present, create micro-currents that emulate (according to the manufacturer)
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If you liked the Proteus ‘smart pill’, you’ll love this capsule endoscope with a difference.  Developed by a team at Osaka Medical College and Ryukoku University, the capsule–dubbed the ‘mermaid’–is propelled by a tail fin which is controlled electromagnetically by
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