--- title: Vibrant System: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 description: Find out why Vibrant System is one of the best inventions of 2023 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324369/an-innovative-approach/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:22:34.378Z og:title: Vibrant System: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 og:description: Find out why Vibrant System made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324369/an-innovative-approach/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7e4b5423e978605/698a418116d884db0dc3c5e5/best-inventions-2023-vibrant-system.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Vibrant System: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vibrant System: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 twitter:description: Find out why Vibrant System made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7e4b5423e978605/698a418116d884db0dc3c5e5/best-inventions-2023-vibrant-system.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # An Innovative Approach Vibrant System by Katie MacBride  Traditional constipation medications often come with unpleasant side effects like diarrhea, nausea, and headaches, says Dr. Satish Rao, scientific advisor to Vibrant Gastro. That’s not the case with the company’s Vibrant System—a prescription, non-pharmacological capsule programmed to vibrate eight to 10 hours after ingestion, when it reaches the large intestine. The vibrations stimulate nerve cells involved in peristalsis, the process that pushes food through the digestive system. When the capsule’s work is done, it passes through the patient and is flushed away. Nearly 40% of people who received the capsule in a Vibrant clinical study reported one or more additional bowel movements per week compared to their baseline. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324369/an-innovative-approach/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324369/an-innovative-approach/"},"headline":"An Innovative Approach","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:22:34.378Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324369/an-innovative-approach/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7e4b5423e978605/698a418116d884db0dc3c5e5/best-inventions-2023-vibrant-system.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7e4b5423e978605/698a418116d884db0dc3c5e5/best-inventions-2023-vibrant-system.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324369/an-innovative-approach/","name":"An Innovative Approach"}}]}] ```