MSAL Students Published New Research on Ingestible Devices to Treat GI Diseases

The new research has just been published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering. “Freestanding Region Responsive Bilayer for Functional Packaging of Ingestible Devices” introduces FRRB (freestanding region responsive bilayer), which can be readily applied to various functional ingestible capsule components. The paper was written by Bioengineering Ph.D. student Michael Straker, Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Joshua Levy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. candidate Justin Stine, alum Vivian Borbash (ECE BS 2022), UMD Research Associate Luke Beardslee and Professor Reza Ghodssi (ECE/ISR), who directs the MSAL lab. Ghodssi is the advisor to the student and alumni authors.

“For many years, pH-responsive materials have been used by pharmaceutical companies for drug delivery,” says Reza Ghodssi. “Our group has demonstrated an integrative hybrid version of this packaging concept towards the promise of ingestible capsules. It is our expectation that this manufacturing approach will widen the design paradigm of developing minimally invasive micro/nano/bio devices and systems for health care monitoring, treatment, and prevention applications.” More information can be found on the UMD ISR News. (21 - May / 2023)