BodyCap wins CE Mark for e-Celsius ingestible temp sensor

Miniaturized wireless medical diagnostic device dev BodyCap said today it won CE Mark approval for its e-Celsius device, designed to allow for continuous measurement of a patient’s central temperature by gastroinstestinal tract.

The French company’s e-Celsius device features a disposable electronic capsule coated in a biocompatible medical grade plastic which follows the intestinal transit upon being swallowed. The device wirelessly transmits internal temperature every 30 seconds and can show alerts when temperatures fall outside a set range.

BodyCap said that data from clinical trials of the device showed its results to be equivalent to data from rectal or esophageal probes, which it said are the “gold standard” within hospital settings.

“The e-Celsius device is a true alternative method to the current use of rectal or eosophageal probes, which are invasive, uncomfortable, generate stress and limit the patient’s mobility. Our device is less intrusive and requires less from the medical staff, while at the same time increasing the well-being of both patients and healthcare personnel by lightening the workload. With the internal memory embedded in each capsule, e-Celsius ensures the monitoring of the patient’s temperature kinetics in real time or deferred time, whatever the measurement conditions,” co-founder Sébastien Moussay said in a press release.

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