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US 2003/0114742 A1Published application
System and method for controlling a device in vivo
AssigneeGiven Imaging Ltd.
InventorsShlomo Lewkowicz, Arkady Glukhovsky
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling a device in vivo. The system and method may utilize a steerable receiver, typically an element that is maneuverable by a magnetic field, for controlling the movement of a device, including the direction, force and velocity of the device movement.
Claims20
An in vivo sensing device comprising:
- an image sensor;
- and
- at least one element that is maneuverable by a magnetic field.
In an in vivo sensing device, a steerable receiver, said receiver comprising at least one element that is maneuverable by a magnetic field.
A system for maneuvering a device in vivo, the system comprising
- a sensing device, said sensing device comprising at least one element that is maneuverable by a magnetic field;
- and
- a signal source configured for generating at least one signal that maneuvers the element.
A system for maneuvering a device in vivo, the system comprising
- a sensing device, said sensing device comprising at least an image sensor, a transmitter and at least one element that is maneuverable by a magnetic field;
- a signal source configured for generating at least one signal that maneuvers the element;
- and
- an external receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.