Circle Connections: Tech Updates FDA approved an ingestible "digital pill" that features an embedded microchip to record medical information. The microchip is the first ingestible device approved by FDA. The microchip, developed by Proteus Digital Health, is a silicon wafer that is about the size of a grain of sand and includes trace amounts of magnesium and copper. The device generates electricity when it makes contact with the stomach's digestive fluids and sends a signal to a patch on the patient's skin. The disposable patch then can transmit information to a health care provider's mobile phone application . . .

Circle Connections: Tech Updates FDA approved an ingestible "digital pill" that features an embedded microchip to record medical information. The microchip is the first ingestible device approved by FDA. The microchip, developed by Proteus Digital Health, is a silicon wafer that is about the size of a grain of sand and includes trace amounts of magnesium and copper. The device generates electricity when it makes contact with the stomach's digestive fluids and sends a signal to a patch on the patient's skin. The disposable patch then can transmit information to a health care provider's mobile phone application . . .