DUOCAP: THE CAPSULE IN CAPSULE TECHNOLOGY

Capsule Endoscopy: New Technology, Old Complication

Wireless capsule endoscopy is a new tool in the armamentarium of the gastroenterologist to evaluate the small bowel non-invasively. It allows improved diagnostic yield with low complication rates relative to traditional modalities. But this new technology has its own set of complications, some which can lead to significant morbidity. Here, we present a case of complete small bowel obstruction f...

Microemulsion Capsule Technology to Optimise Drug Delivery

The Disscociation Capsule

In my 30+ years of the practice of Neurology, I spent the last 20 as the medical director of a rehabilitation center, much of that directing a multidisciplinary chronic pain program. We routinely treated the most challenging patients, those whose physicians had basically given up their treatment in despair, and referred them to us. Our team included a full-time psychologist, and their intake da...

Recent advances in capsule-based dry powder inhaler technology

Pulmonary drug delivery is currently the focus of accelerated research and development because of the potential to produce maximum therapeutic benefit to patients by directly targeting drug to the site of pathology in the lungs. Among the available delivery options, the dry powder inhaler (DPI) is the preferred device for the treatment of an increasingly diverse range of diseases. However, beca...

The Cataract in Capsule Operation

are strictly accurate. I have now done over 800 cataracts by my method, and over 1,200 cataracts altogether (including the 800) since October 1911. This number is large enough to give me confidence both in my conclusions and in my ability to reply to his criticisms. Capt. P. S. Smith and others would have us believe that there is only one correct way to extract a senile cataract. It is but fair...