5 bizarre medical devices
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 26-09-2014
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Mermaid Self-Propelled Endoscopy DeviceAnother crazy invention highlighted by Inventorspot is the pill-sized, self-propelled endoscopy device appropriately named The Mermaid. The device was invented by researchers from Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College in Japan, and was meant to be an all-knowing, all-seeing, alternative to invasive and sometimes uncomfortable endoscopes.
The Mermaid can be swallowed or inserted into the rectum, where-after it begins taking photos at a record rate of 2 per second while the movement of the device is controlled with a joystick.