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US 2004/0171915 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for transmitting non-image information in an in vivo imaging system
AssigneeGiven Imaging Ltd.
InventorsArkady Glukhovsky, Zvika Gilad, Semion Khait, Gavriel J. Iddan
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Abstract
A device, system and method may enable the obtaining of in vivo information other than or in addition to images from for example within body lumens or cavities, such as temperature, pressure, or pH from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where the data is typically transmitted or otherwise sent via an optical means to a receiving system.
Claims43
An in vivo device comprising:
- a light detecting sensor;
- a non-image sensor;
- and
- an illumination source;
- wherein said non-image sensor is connected with said illumination source.
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An in vivo imaging system comprising:
- an in vivo transmitting device comprising an image sensor, a non-image sensor;
- an illumination source;
- and a transmitter, wherein said non-image sensor is connected with said illumination source;
- an external receiver;
- and
- a display.
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A method for transmitting in vivo non-image information, said method comprising:
- obtaining non-image sensor information;
- converting said non-image sensor information to optical output;
- relaying said optical output to an image sensor thereby obtaining image sensor information;
- and
- transmitting said image sensor information to an external receiver.
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An in vivo imaging system comprising:
- a sampling means for obtaining non-image information from a non-image sensor;
- a converting means for converting said non-image sensor information to optical information;
- a relaying means for relaying said non-image sensor information to an image sensor thereby obtaining image sensor information;
- and
- a transmitting means for transmitting said image sensor information to a receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.