This tiny camera can capture live images from inside your organs.
The camera can be attached to the tip of a catheter device.
It was developed by researchers at the Georgia institute of technology.
It provides real-time 3D images inside the heart and blood vessels.
It's made of a silicon chip that contains 56 ultrasound transmitters and 48 receivers.
It can capture up to 60 images per second.
The sensors switch off when they're not being used in order to save energy.
It will allow detecting tumours and other coronary blockages earlier.
Researchers hope to reduce the size of the device even further before clinical trials.
Researchers are also developing other miniaturised medical devices.
Recently they created this dissolvable brain implant.
The biodegradable implant was developed by researchers from the University of Illinois.
It can monitor the temperature and pressure within the skull and then vanish.
The sensors harmlessly melt away after wirelessly transmitting data, which eliminates the need for additional surgery to remove the monitors.
Miniaturising medical devices - video
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