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Back in 2001, the FDA approved Philips’ camera pill, a small capsule designed to take pictures as it passes harmlessly through the digestive tract. Previously, the only way to take a look at someone’s small intestine was though invasive endoscopic procedures; the swallowable camera pill enabled physicians to make direct diagnoses without even minor surgery, and enabled them to see the entire digestive tract, not just the 20-or-so feet accessible to an endoscope.