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CapsoVision | CapsoCam Plus
Small-bowel diagnostics keeps improving thanks to advances in cap-
sule endoscopy. With 4 on-board cameras and 16 LEDs, CapsoCam
Plus provides twice the resolution of previous-generation CapsoCam
capsules. The patient swallows the vitamin-sized capsule and goes
home with only a retrieval system (no belts, harnesses or other
wearable equipment), which includes a collection pan and magnetic
wand used to recover the capsule. Upon collection, the patient
returns the capsule to the doctor, who then downloads and analyzes
the data. Capsule retrieval may be somewhat distasteful to some
patients, and you have to consider the time required to sit down and
analyze the data, but this could be a valuable first-line diagnostic tool
for small-bowel diseases.