Medical or veterinary digestive tract utilization systems and methods

A medical or veterinary system comprising:

• a medical or veterinary utility module small enough to pass through a digestive tract of a subject per vias naturales, the medical or veterinary utility module including at least a wireless-control component having at least an engaging state and a disengaging state, the engaging state operable to cause the medical or veterinary utility module at least to remain within a portion of the digestive tract, the disengaging state allowing the medical or veterinary utility module to exit the digestive tract per vias naturales, in which the wireless-control component includes:
• a ferromagnetic element generating a magnetic field;
• a conductive coil;
• a current source operable for generating a current in the conductive coil at least partly in opposition to the magnetic field;
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• a disengagement-inducing actuator that facilitates detachment of the utility module from the digestive tract in response to one or more dispenser release signals.

A medical or veterinary system comprising:

• a medical or veterinary utility module small enough to pass through a digestive tract of a subject having an oral cavity per vias naturales that includes at least a wireless-control component having at least an engaging state and a disengaging state, the engaging state operable to cause the medical or veterinary utility module at least to remain within a portion of the digestive tract, the disengaging state allowing the medial or veterinary utility module to exit the digestive tract per vias naturales, in which the wireless-control component includes at least a dispenser-relating actuator and circuitry for invoking the dispenser-releasing actuator responsive to one or more dispenser release signals;
• one or more mooring modules configured for attachment within the oral cavity that are operably coupled to one or more tethers operable to support the utility module in the digestive tract for more than a day;
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• at least one reservoir that is configured to be moored within the oral cavity having one or more flow paths operable to guide a therapeutic material to one or more dispensers that are operably associated with the utility module.

A medical or veterinary system comprising:

• a medical or veterinary utility module small enough to pass through a digestive tract of a subject having an oral cavity per vias naturales that includes at least a wireless-control component having at least an engaging state and a disengaging state, the engaging state operable to cause the medical or veterinary utility module at least to remain within a portion of the digestive tract, the disengaging state allowing the medial or veterinary utility module to exit the digestive tract per vias naturales, in which the wireless-control component includes at least a ferromagnetic element generating a magnetic field;
• a conductive coil;
• and a current source operable for generating a current in the conductive coil at least partly in opposition to the magnetic field;
• one or more dispensers responsive to one or more wireless signals selected from the group consisting of an adhesive-containing dispenser, an adhesive-solvent-containing dispenser, an anticoagulant-agent-containing dispenser, and an antibiotic-containing dispenser, the one or more dispensers having one or more flow paths operable to guide a therapeutic material from a reservoir that is configured to be moored within the oral cavity to the utility module;
• one or more actuators selected from the group consisting of a disengagement-inducing actuator, a dispenser-releasing actuator, a reservoir-opening actuator, and dosage-adjustment actuator;
• circuitry for controlling the one or more actuators, the current source, and the one or more dispensers responsive to one or more wireless signals, selectively operable to maintain the wireless-control component in one or more modes of the engaging state for longer than a week;
• one or more mooring modules having a median width W and a length L>4*W that are configured for attachment within the oral cavity;
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• one or more tethers that are operably coupled to the one or more mooring modules and operable to support the utility module in the digestive tract for more than a day.