Ingestible Capsule Technology Research on Front Cover of Journal

Researchers working in Professor Reza Ghodssi’s (ECE/ISR/Fischell Institute Fellow) MEMS Sensors and Actuators Laboratory (MSAL) have been advancing a non-invasive, ingestible capsule that uses wireless technology to provide information to diagnosticians in real-time, and their cover design was highlighted as the front cover picture of the journal. It provides an alternative to invasive techniques like endoscopies when monitoring gut health. The capsule is in development and not currently available to the medical community.

The work is in the latest issue of the journal, Volume 13, Issue 5, published February 19, 2024. “Miniaturized Capsule System Towards Real-time Electrochemical Detection of H2S in the Gastrointestinal Tract” was written by alumnus and current MATRIX Lab Assistant Research Scientist Justin Stine (ECE Ph.D. 2023), alumnus Hossein Abianeh (EE BS 2022), ECE Ph.D. student Katie Ruland and MSE Ph.D. student Joshua Levy, UMD Research Associate Luke Beardslee, UMD Visiting Assistant Professor Santiago Botasini, Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Pankaj J. Pasricha, and Ghodssi.

More information can be found on UMD ECE News. (19 - February / 2024)