Researchers have designed a sensor necklace that records the date and time a pill is swallowed, which they hope will increase drug compliance and decrease unnecessary health care costs. The device ...

"The necklace, called MagneTrace, contains an array of magnetic sensors that could be used to detect when specially-designed medication containing a tiny magnet passes through a person's esophagus.

Drug Detecting Necklace Monitors Medication Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have invented a collar which scans for pills as they are swallowed. The tablets have a tiny magnet ...

Sharon Brangman, a doctor of geriatric medicine in Syracuse, N.Y., is accustomed to forgetful patients. Once, a patient mistakenly took multiple doses of his heart medication and slowed his heart r… ...

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have designed a necklace that records when pills are swallowed. “Forgetfulness is a huge problem, especially among the elderly, but so is taking the ...

Forget to Take Your Medication? High-Tech Necklace May Be Answer. by Abby Vogel, Georgia Tech News Service — March 6, 2008 . ...

The necklace, called MagneTrace, contains an array of magnetic sensors that could be used to detect when specially designed medications containing a tiny magnet passes through a person’s esophagus.

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Engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a sensor-equipped necklace to help patients take their medication on time. "MagneTrace" uses magnetic sensors embedded in pills to ...