System and method for maneuvering a device in vivo
AssigneeGiven Imaging Ltd.
InventorsArkady Glukhovsky, Mark G. Gilreath, Gavriel Meron, Yoram Ashery
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Abstract
A system and method for maneuvering a device in vivo, wherein a tube has a longitudinal axis, a distal end and a proximal end, and an in vivo sensing device is changeably connected to the distal end of the tube. Typically, the sensing device may be moved from one position where it is, for example, within the axial profile of the tube or along the longitudinal axis of the tube, to a second position, where it is not.
Claims36
A system for maneuvering a device in vivo, the system comprising:
- a tube having a longitudinal axis, a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- an in vivo sensing device changeably connected to the distal end of the tube.
The system according to claim 6 wherein the transmitter is a wireless transmitter.
A method for performing in vivo procedures, the method comprising:
- inserting in vivo a tube having:
- a longitudinal axis;
- a distal end;
- and a proximal end;
- and
- an in vivo sensing device changeably connected to the distal end of the tube wherein the in vivo sensing device is changeably connected to the distal end of the tube in at least one first mode and in at least one second mode, in which at least one first mode the sensing device is connected to the distal end of the tube to form a continuum along the longitudinal axis of the tube and in which at least one second mode the sensing device is connected to the distal end of the tube so as not to form a continuum along the longitudinal axis of the tube;
- changing the connection of the sensing device from a first mode to a second mode;
- and
- performing an in vivo procedure.
A device for maneuvering a device in vivo, the device comprising:
- a tube having a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- an in vivo sensing device connected to the distal end of the tube, wherein the sensing device may be moved from a first position to a second position.
A device for maneuvering an imaging device in vivo, the device comprising:
- a tube having a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- an in vivo imaging device connected to the distal end of the tube, wherein the imaging device may be moved from a first position to a second position.
A device for maneuvering a sensing device in vivo, the device comprising:
- a tube having a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- a sensing device connected to the distal end of the tube, wherein the sensing device may be moved from a first position to a second position at least partially outside the axial profile of the tube.
A device for maneuvering a sensing device in vivo, the device comprising:
- a tube means for inserting an in vivo sensing device means, the tube means having a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- a sensing device means for providing images, the sensing device means connected to the distal end of the tube, wherein the sensing device may be moved from a first position to a second position.
A device for maneuvering a sensing device in vivo, the device comprising:
- a tube means for inserting an in vivo sensing device means, the tube means having a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- a sensing device means for providing in-vivo sensing, the sensing device means connected to the distal end of the tube, wherein the sensing device may be moved from a first position wherein the sensing device substantially forms a continuum with the longitudinal axis of the tube to a second position wherein the sensing device does not form a continuum with the longitudinal axis of the tube.
A method for performing in vivo procedures, the method comprising:
- inserting into a body a device comprising:
- a tube having a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- an in vivo sensing device connected to the distal end of the tube, wherein the sensing device may be moved from a first position to a second position;
- and
- changing the position of the sensing device from a first position to a second position.
A method for performing in vivo procedures, the method comprising:
- inserting into a body a device comprising:
- a tube having a working channel, a distal end and a proximal end;
- and
- an in vivo imaging device connected to the distal end of the tube;
- and
- changing the position of the imaging device from a first position a position where the imaging device substantially forms a continuum with the longitudinal axis of the tube to a position where the imaging device does not substantially form a continuum with the longitudinal axis of the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.