Temperature-Triggerable Gastrointestinal (GI) Drug Delivery Devices (IMAGE)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Temperature-Triggerable Gastrointestinal (GI) Drug Delivery Devices

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Investigators tested two prototype devices in a porcine model: 1) a temperature-triggerable flower-like system for esophageal drug delivery and 2) a temperature-triggerable flexible mechanical metamaterial as a macro-device dosage form for long-term GI drug delivery.

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Sahab Babaee and Simo Pajovic, MIT/Brigham and Women's Hospital

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