Author(s)

Orly Yadid-Pecht, Martin P. Mintchev

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

In recent years, pseudobezoars have been a subject of research, mainly serving as a basis for a new non-invasive alternative to obesity treatment. A pill incorporating the technology has been proven to be successful as a weight loss therapy. It enables patients to sustain a diet longer, due to an increase in the level of satiety, resulting in a smaller amount of food intake. Utilization of the technology has recently found new prospects in another organ of the GI tract, the colon. Pseudobezoar technology can be utilized as an enhanced method for colon cancer screening and also as an alternative carrier for bacterial therapy.

Pseudobezoars; Obesity; Colon Cancer Screening; Diagnostic Device; Therapeutic Device

O. Yadid-Pecht and M. P. Mintchev, "Pseudobezoars: Technology Progress and New Prospects as a Medical Platform," Engineering, Vol. 5 No. 5B, 2013, pp. 10-14. doi: 10.4236/eng.2013.55B003.