Presence or Absence of Blood in the GI Lumen

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Bleedings in the upper digestive tract are common. Usually, laboratory and clinical parameters are considered to establish a suspicion for a bleeding in the digestive tract and to estimate urgency of the situation. If these parameters suggest the presence of a bleeding in the digestive tract, endoscopies are often performed to further investigate a patient's status. The above-mentioned laboratory and clinical parameters are sometimes not specific enough to reliably identify a bleeding in the upper digestive tract. The HemoPill acute is capsule device, that has a built in sensor that detects blood in the upper digestive tract. This information is valuable for the medical personnel and complements the information that is obtained from other laboratory or clinical tests

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