> According to Gus S Calabrese : > > > > I imagine that the swallower has to fast for some time before > > ingesting the pillCAM to make for a "clean shot". > > > > I would like to try something like this on myself. Eliminates an > > annoying rectal probe. > > This is used today in practice (as in "in production") in the medical > field. It is only useful for the upper GI (gasto-intestinal) tract > since the standard colonoscopy "snake" cannot reach the upper GI (aka > small intestine). However, it is less than completely useful since > it is unsteerable (as you point out). > > ^ What ho ! It is completely useful in the lower tract since the > "snake" > approach results in a puncture once every X procedures. > ( I am not sure what X is ) > I do not want a "snake" up my arse ..... AGSC ^ Sorry, but the pill-cam is only useful for the upper GI (small intestine) because of power-supply problems. Also it is completely useless in cases like my wife's where the intestine doesn't move things along fast enough. I agree with you about the "snake", but when used properly it results in a better diagnoses more often than it causes problems. Also, if you get a doctor who has done this proceedure a *lot*, then X goes way down. -- D. Jay Newman ! Author of: jay@sprucegrove.com ! _Linux Robotics: Building Smarter Robots_ http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! (Now I can get back to building robots.) -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist