Photodynamic therapy review: principles, photosensitizers, applications, and future directions

JH Correia, JA Rodrigues, S Pimenta, T Dong, Z Yang - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that has gained
great attention in the past years as a new therapy for cancer treatment. PDT uses …

Connected healthcare: Improving patient care using digital health technologies

A Awad, SJ Trenfield, TD Pollard, JJ Ong… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Now more than ever, traditional healthcare models are being overhauled with digital
technologies of Healthcare 4.0 increasingly adopted. Worldwide, digital devices are …

Wirelessly powered deformable electronic stent for noninvasive electrical stimulation of lower esophageal sphincter

C Zhang, C Pan, KF Chan, J Gao, Z Yang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Electrical stimulation is a promising method to modulate gastrointestinal disorders. However,
conventional stimulators need invasive implantation and removal surgeries associated with …

Helicobacter pylori infection: from standard to alternative treatment strategies

C Sousa, R Ferreira, NF Azevedo… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Helicobacter pylori is the major component of the gastric microbiome of infected individuals
and one of the aetiological factors of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric …

Magnetically actuated capsule robots: A review

W Chen, J Sui, C Wang - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera inside a capsule
endoscope to capture pictures of the patient's gastrointestinal tract for diagnosis …

Magnetically guided capsule endoscopy

N Shamsudhin, VI Zverev, H Keller, S Pane… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is a powerful tool for medical screening and diagnosis,
where a small capsule is swallowed and moved by means of natural peristalsis and gravity …

Robotics in the gut

J Min, Y Yang, Z Wu, W Gao - Advanced Therapeutics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Since the advent of ingestible temperature sensors and capsule endoscopes, rapid
advances in electronics, robotics, nanotechnology, and material sciences have opened the …

Integrated sensors for soft medical robotics

Y Qiu, A Ashok, CC Nguyen, Y Yamauchi, TN Do… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Minimally invasive procedures assisted by soft robots for surgery, diagnostics, and drug
delivery have unprecedented benefits over traditional solutions from both patient and …

Intelligent automated drug administration and therapy: future of healthcare

R Sharma, D Singh, P Gaur, D Joshi - Drug Delivery and Translational …, 2021 - Springer
In the twenty-first century, the collaboration of control engineering and the healthcare sector
has matured to some extent; however, the future will have promising opportunities, vast …

Electroceuticals in the gastrointestinal tract

KB Ramadi, SS Srinivasan, G Traverso - Trends in pharmacological …, 2020 - cell.com
The field of electroceuticals has attracted considerable attention over the past few decades
as a novel therapeutic modality. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract (GIT) holds significant …