Issue 1, 2024

Intestinal retentive systems – recent advances and emerging approaches

Abstract

Intestinal retentive devices (IRDs) are devices designed to anchor within the lumen of the intestines for long-term residence in the gastrointestinal tract. IRDs can enable impactful medical device technologies including sustained oral drug delivery systems, indwelling sensors, or real-time diagnostics. The design and testing of IRDs present a myriad of challenges, including precise deployment of the device at desired intestinal locations, secure anchoring within the gastrointestinal tract to allow for natural function, and safe removal of the IRD at user-defined times. Advancing the state-of-the-art of IRD is an interdisciplinary effort that requires innovations such as new materials, novel anchoring mechanisms, and medical device design with consistent input from clinical practitioners and end-users. This perspective briefly reviews the current state-of-the-art for IRDs and charts a path forward to inform the design of future concepts. Specifically, this article will highlight materials, retention mechanisms, and test beds to measure the efficacy of IRDs and their mechanisms. Finally, potential synergies between IRD and other medical device technologies are presented to identify future opportunities.

Graphical abstract: Intestinal retentive systems – recent advances and emerging approaches

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
14 8 2023
Accepted
15 11 2023
First published
28 11 2023

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024,12, 64-78

Intestinal retentive systems – recent advances and emerging approaches

D. A. Naik, S. Matonis, G. Balakrishnan and C. J. Bettinger, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12, 64 DOI: 10.1039/D3TB01842C

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