Safety, efficacy, and maneuverability of a self-propelled capsule endoscope for observation of the human gastrointestinal tract

Background and study aims We developed a self-propelled capsule endoscope that can be controlled from outside the body with real-time observation. To improve the device, we conducted a clinical trial of total gastrointestinal capsule endoscopy in healthy subjects to ascertain whether our first-gener...

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Main Authors: Kazuhiro Ota, Yuichi Kojima, Kazuki Kakimoto, Sadaharu Nouda, Toshihisa Takeuchi, Yasunori Shindo, Yoshitake Ohtsuka, Naotake Ohtsuka, Kazuhide Higuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2021-08-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1507-4540