World's first home-use intelligent capsule endoscopy system approved for clinical use

The world's first intelligent capsule endoscopy system, which is suitable for home use and developed by a Chinese research team, has been recently approved for clinical use in Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province.

Developed by a research team led by Liu Side, director of gastroenterology at Guangzhou's Nanfang Hospital, the system, which causes far less discomfort than traditional endoscopy examination, has been approved by relevant authorities of Guangzhou for hospitals in the city to use in clinical examination.

The system is operated by a designated application on mobile phone. After swallowing the capsule endoscopy device, the patient needs to change body positions according to instructions on the application, so that the device can take images of the stomach while moving inside. Images will be uploaded to an intelligent system for further analysis. The entire examination process can be completed in 20 minutes.

"The goal of our research is to solve a pain point. Traditional gastroscopy is quite painful but very important, so we hoped to develop a convenient and comfortable endoscopy device that is suitable for home use," said Liu.

The system has already been approved for clinical use. Patients need to complete the examination process in hospitals as it is still classified as a medical equipment. It is expected to be approved for independent operation by patients themselves after more cases of clinical application.

Liu's team is still conducting further research on the system, hoping to develop an advanced device that is able to complete the early screening of cancers on different organs of the digestive system.

"In the future, the capsule endoscopy system for the upper gastrointestinal will be able to take clear image of the esophagus. That will be the second one. Then we will develop a system for the colon and the rectum that are parts of the large intestine as colorectal cancer is also very harmful. In addition, the prevention and control of this cancer depends on early detection by endoscopy. Finding polyps and removing them will help prevent from getting colorectal cancer," said Liu.

World's first home-use intelligent capsule endoscopy system approved for clinical use

Several highly-anticipated star aircraft such as J-20, J-35A, Z-20J and Su-57 have arrived in Zhuhai City of south China's Guangdong Province for the upcoming 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.

Also known as Airshow China, the biennial aerospace trade show, scheduled for Nov 12-17, has attracted 1,022 companies from 47 countries and regions, including Russia, France, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Italy.

So far, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force's stealth fighters J-20 and J-35A, YY-20 tanker aircraft have all gathered in Zhuhai.

Z-20J, helicopter, a shipborne model of the helicopter series, made its debut for the airshow on Friday.

Su-57, the Russian single-seat twin-engine stealth multirole heavy fighter aircraft, has also arrived and completed its seven-minute first adaptive training in Zhuhai on Thursday.

The Red Falcon Aerobatic Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force completed its first adaptive training Friday morning.

At the air show this year, the Red Falcon will present wonderful performances together with the air force's Bayi (August 1) Aerobatic Team and the Russian Knights Aerobatic Demonstration Team of the Russian Air Force.

Airshow China set to kick off with arrival of star aircraft