Following doctor’s orders is not exactly everyone’s favorite past time, especially when it involves taking one’s medication on time at regular intervals. Lloydspharmacy and Proteus Biomedical might just have a solution to help us patients out – with a new smart pill. The Helius smart pill is actually a new generation of medication compliance monitoring system which will rely on sensor-enabled tablets, while a specially designed patch that is worn on the body will detect the pills’ ingestion. Known as Helius, where it will go about recording just when the patient has ingested a particular tablet, in addition to monitoring the patient’s physical activity levels. All recorded data are then sent to a mobile device, where the tech-savvy patient can refer to his or her smartphone/tablet for additional details such as the next dose of the medication. Skip a round, and you will be warned to get back on track.
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