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US 2006/0132599 A1Published application
Device and system for in vivo imaging
AssigneeGiven Imaging Ltd.
InventorsGavriel Iddan, Dov Avni, Arkady Glukhovsky, Gavriel Meron
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining in vivo images. The system contains an imaging system and a transmitter for transmitting signals from a camera to a receiving system located outside a patient.
Claims22
A swallowable capsule for in vivo imaging of the gastrointestinal tract, said capsule comprising a housing, the housing including at least an optical window, the housing enclosing at least:
- an imaging camera;
- a plurality of illumination sources for illuminating a gastrointestinal tract site;
- an optical system for imaging the gastrointestinal tract site onto the imaging camera, the optical system being separated from the optical window, the camera imaging the site via the optical window and via the optical system, and the illumination sources illuminating the site directly via the optical window and not via the optical system;
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- a transmitter for transmitting an output of the imaging camera.
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A swallowable in-vivo imaging device, said device comprising a housing, the housing including at least an optical window, the housing enclosing at least:
- an imaging camera;
- an illumination source;
- an optical system comprising an aspherical focussing lens;
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- a transmitter.
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