Drug-Dispensing Tooth Could Be Controlled By Cell Phone

 

Local 6 TV | April 5, 2007

 

Researchers in Europe and Israel are working on a tooth that can dispense medicine into a person's mouth, according to a Local 6 report.

 

The tiny device would be able to release a specific amount of medicine at certain intervals, ensuring that the patient gets the proper dosage at the right time.

 

It's attached to your existing teeth and could one day be controlled by using your cell phone, the report said. Patients often forget or find it too inconvenient to take medicine, especially during night.

 

But, a dentist told the Associated Press that the device would rectify the problem by automating the process. The actual drug-dispensing system is called IntelliDrug and would be small enough to fit in a replacement tooth placed in the back of the mouth, like a molar.

 

Wolff's company, Saliwell Ltd., and German microelectronics institute HSG-IMIT are two of 15 organizations involved with the development of the device. The report said the treatment of diabetes is one area where delivering drugs via a tooth can be advantageous. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

 

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Hmmm...why does this make me nervous?:rolleyes:

I thought it was an interesting, if not slighty creepy, story. Using a mobile/cell phone to activate a drug-dispensing tooth?

 

What ever happened to using your brain to remember such simple things?

 

It's a scary thought though.....I can almost hear the serial killers panting and laughing in a giddy, maniacal fashion while the elite control freaks bend a wry smile across their faces.

It's a useful developement, I suppose. My mother's diabetic and she has memory issues, so it would be helpful to her. But I don't trust the people who regulate such things.

 

Besides, I remember a few years ago watching an episode of Columbo where the killer was a dentist who used a time-release cyanide capsule in a filling,lol. Doing it via cell only makes it easier,lol.

I remember a few years ago watching an episode of Columbo where the killer was a dentist who used a time-release cyanide capsule in a filling,lol. Doing it via cell only makes it easier,lol.

 

Hahaha, that is funny...haha.

 

Yes, again it probably can help people but there are also many issues I hae with this type of thing.

 

 

 

But Columbo, haha.....ahead of it's time.