Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090023992 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIEWING A BODY LUMEN - A device and method for viewing a body lumen are provided. An assembly of a capsule endoscope and an endoscope is inserted into a body lumen. The capsule endoscope is positioned within the body lumen at a predetermined distance from the endoscope, and images are obtained from opposite sides of a desired location in the body lumen. In vivo procedures may be performed, while images of the procedure are obtained from opposite sides of the procedure location. | 01-22-2009 |
20090023993 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINED DISPLAY OF MEDICAL DEVICES - A method and system to display combined information about an in-vivo lumen using several in vivo devices as data sources. A method is provided for interfacing different in vivo devices and viewing integrated results, on a combined display, by receiving in vivo data of at least two in vivo sensing procedures and analyzing the in vivo data to produce the combined representation. The combined representation may be displayed to a user during the course of an in vivo sensing procedure, and the in vivo data of an in vivo sensing procedure may be received and/or analyzed to produce a combined representation in real time. | 01-22-2009 |
20090281380 | System and method for assembling a swallowable sensing device - A system and method of assembling a swallowable sensor, including attaching a first piece of a shell of the sensor to a second piece of the shell of the sensor, where the attaching may include for example screwing the first piece to the second piece, welding or gluing the first piece to the second piece, snapping the first piece to the second piece or for example applying laser energy to a pigment in the first piece. | 11-12-2009 |
20100010300 | Device, System and Method for Orienting a Sensor In-Vivo - A device, system, and method may orient a device in-vivo. A ballast or other weight may be rotatable or otherwise movable within a ballast chamber within a device. An induced magnetic field may be used to shift and/or rotate the ballast weight. Rotation and/or shifting of the ballast weight may position the in-vivo device in a specific orientation. The rotation and/or shifting of the ballast may be controlled by circuitry within the in-vivo device and/or by external signals transmitted to the in-vivo device. | 01-14-2010 |
20100010312 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNIFORM IN VIVO ILLUMINATION - An in vivo imaging device comprises a viewing window, an illumination unit, a lens holder and a light guide. The light guide may be positioned to create uniformly dispersed illumination and to eliminate backscatter from the viewing window. The light guide may guide light from the illumination unit to a desired position within the in vivo device. In one embodiment, the light guide may be embedded into the lens holder. | 01-14-2010 |
20100013914 | IN-VIVO SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN IMAGERS AND PROCESSOR THEREOF - An in-vivo sensing device having multiple imagers controlled by a single processor and a method for communicating between the processor and the imagers. The processor and imagers are connected via common data and control busses, instead of by direct separate conducting lines thereby reducing the number of pins on the processor and the corresponding number of conducting lines. | 01-21-2010 |
20100119133 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTILITY MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS - A device, system and method for motility measurement and analysis. For example, a system includes a processor to determine contractile activity within a body lumen based on an analysis of data received from an autonomous in-vivo device. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121225 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING A BODY LUMEN - A system and method for indicating transferability of a non-dissolvable target in-vivo device through the GI tract are described. The in vivo system includes a dissolvable in-vivo device which has two operational phases; an initial phase in which the device is of initial dimensions and a final phase in which the device is of final dimensions. In the initial phase the device can pass freely through a normally configured body lumen whereas it may not be able to pass freely through an abnormally configured lumen. In the final phase the device can pass freely through a body lumen even if it is abnormally configured. | 05-13-2010 |
20100174141 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING IN VIVO SENSING DEVICES - A sleeve for simple assembly of in-vivo devices, such as endoscopy capsules, is provided. The sleeve comprises grippers and leaf springs at either end to hold the rigid portions of a rigid-flex PCB (printed circuit board) in a folded configuration before the PCB is inserted into an in-vivo device's housing. A method of assembly of the rigid-flex PCB into the sleeve is provided. | 07-08-2010 |
20100300922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND ACTIVATING AN IN VIVO IMAGING CAPSULE - A storage unit is provided for removably storing an in vivo imaging capsule. The capsule may have a housing and an optical dome. The storage unit may include a recessed space formed for accepting the capsule. A magnet for magnetically activating and deactivating the capsule may be provided in the storage unit, for example in the lid. The storage unit may also include a capsule holding unit comprising at least two protruding elements to removably hold the capsule in the storage unit, wherein the protruding elements are positioned to grip the capsule housing. | 12-02-2010 |
20100305415 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING A BODY LUMEN - An in-vivo examining device, system and method for identifying the presence of strictures in the small bowel are provided. The in-vivo examining device includes a monitoring mechanism that becomes deactivated when exposed to in-vivo substances native to the small bowel or the colon, and a degradable device body that includes at least a first body portion which degrades at a slow rate when exposed to in-vivo substances native to the small bowel and at a fast rate when exposed to in-vivo substances native to the colon. The degradation of the degradable device body exposes the monitoring mechanism to substances native to the small bowel or the colon and thus indicates whether the examining device has safely passed through the small bowel or whether it is retained in the small bowel due to strictures in the small bowel. | 12-02-2010 |
20100326703 | IN VIVO SENSING DEVICE WITH A FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A flexible circuit board for being inserted into an in-vivo imaging device is provided. The flexible circuit board may include a plurality of flexible installation units connected to one another through flexible connection units. The flexible installation units may be capable of having electrical components disposed thereon at a size suitable for being included in an in-vivo imaging device which may be inserted into a body lumen, e.g., a capsule endoscope. A method of assembling an in-vivo imaging device which may enclose such a full-flexible circuit board is also provided. | 12-30-2010 |
20110007203 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM - An assembly for aligning an optical system over an image sensor is described. The assembly may include a lens structure positioned over an image sensor and a lens holder positioned over the lens structure and secured onto a substrate. The lens structure may incorporate an optical section and a structural section extending from the optical section and may rest directly on an image sensor with one or more stoppers that may serve to elevate the optical system with respect to the image sensor at a distance corresponding to a near optimal focal length distance. A lip also included in the structural section of the lens structure may abut two or more opposing sides to secure the lens structure over the image sensor in a centered position with respect to the image sensor. | 01-13-2011 |
20110034795 | Device, system and method for in-vivo imaging of a body lumen - An in-vivo device, system and a method for imaging a body lumen, typically liquid filled body lumen. The in-vivo device may have a specific gravity of about 1 or a volume to weight ratio that enables it to float. The in-vivo device may include an optical system for viewing through a body lumen liquid and another optical system for viewing through a non liquid medium. The in-vivo device may be moved through the body lumen by the liquid movement in that lumen. | 02-10-2011 |
20110306855 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF BLEEDING - A device, system and method for detecting bile and blood are provided. The device may comprise a housing having a gap through which in-vivo fluids may flow, illumination sources on one side of the gap, a light detector which is facing the illumination sources and is positioned on the opposite side of the gap for detecting light which passes through the in-vivo fluids, and a transmitter to transmit the detected signals generated according to the detected light. The system may further comprise a receiver to receive the detected signals transmitted by the transmitter, and a processor. The method may comprise comparing the detected signals with a predetermined threshold calculated from the transmission spectra of bile and of blood and determining the presence and/or concentration of bile and blood in-vivo. | 12-15-2011 |
20120101331 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF AUTONOMOUS IN-VIVO CAPSULES - A guide for an endoscope capsule includes a hollow sleeve. The distal end of the sleeve has attached an invertible member for fitting the capsule within. The invertible member may be inverted via hydraulic or pneumatic pressure to expel the capsule from the guide and into a desired location within a patient's body lumen. The guide may be attached to an actuator which contains a fluid and an actuating member. The actuating member pressurizes the fluid distally through the hollow sleeve thereby inverting the invertible member and expelling the capsule into the body lumen. The guide may be used with an endoscope or may be a stand-alone device. | 04-26-2012 |
20120149981 | MAGNETICALLY MANEUVERABLE IN-VIVO DEVICE - An in-vivo device includes a magnetic steering unit (MSU) to maneuver it by an external electromagnetic field. The MSU may include a permanent magnets assembly to produce a magnetic force for navigating the device. The MSU may include a magnets carrying assembly (MCA) to accommodate the permanent magnet(s). The MCA may be designed to generate eddy currents, in response to AC magnetic field, to apply a repelling force. The in-vivo device may also include a multilayered imaging and sensing printed circuit board (MISP) to capture and transmit images. The MISP may include a sensing coil assembly (SCA) to sense electromagnetic fields to determine a location/orientation/angular position of the in-vivo device. Data representing location/orientation/angular position of the device may be used by a maneuvering system to generate a steering magnetic field to steer the in-vivo device from one location or state to another location or state. | 06-14-2012 |
20130038493 | WEARABLE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR AN IN-VIVO DEVICE - A wearable antenna assembly includes a posterior antenna assembly and an anterior antenna assembly. The posterior antenna assembly may include a posterior base that includes a lateral portion having a lateral line, and one or two protrusions that continue from the lateral portion and extend away from it, and one or more antenna elements that are formed in the respective protrusion. The protrusions may be configured such that each antenna element lies on the buttocks and is situated adjacent to, or in front of, a greater sciatic notch of the pelvis. The anterior antenna assembly may include an anterior lateral base having a lateral line, and n antenna elements that are formed in the anterior lateral base along the lateral line. The anterior lateral base may be configured such that, when the belt is worn, the n antenna elements are situated adjacent to, or in front of, the abdomen. The orientations of the antenna elements may be optimized to maximize reception of signals originating from a swallowed in-vivo device. | 02-14-2013 |
20130053928 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO LIGHT THERAPY - A swallowable in vivo therapeutic device, and a method for use of a device. The device may include a transparent case and one or more radiation sources, the radiation sources to treat the detected pathological lesions inside the gastrointestinal (GI) tract with light during the passage of the device through the GI tract. A method may include inserting into a patient a device, rotating external magnets in close proximity to the patient, thereby fully controlling the movement of the device inside the GI tract, stopping the device and activating the light radiation in areas of the pathological lesions for a predetermined period of time, and deactivating the light radiation and moving the device further through the GI tract. | 02-28-2013 |
20130172672 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ANCHORING AND OPERATION OF IN-VIVO MEDICAL DEVICES - In-vivo medical devices, systems and methods of operating such devices include a permanent magnetic assembly interacting with external magnetic fields for magnetically maneuvering said device to a desired location along a patient's GI tract, and anchoring said devices to the desired location for a period of time. The in-vivo medical device includes illumination sources, an optical system, and an image sensor for imaging the GI tract and thus assisting in locating the desired location. Some in-vivo medical devices include a concave window, which enables better imaging of small areas along the tissue. Furthermore, in-vivo devices with a concave window enable carrying operating tools without damaging the tissue of the GI tract, since prior to operation, the tools protrude from the concave window but remain behind the ends of the edges of the concave window. | 07-04-2013 |
20130218149 | CRYO-THERAPY SPRAY DEVICE - A device for cryotherapy treatment of gastrointestinal lesions includes a cooling member that may be attached to a first tube for pressurizing cryogenic fluid through the tube and into the cooling member through nozzles located at the distal end of the first tube. A second tube may be attached to the cooling member for evacuating the cryogenic fluid from within the cooling member, following the fluid's expansion once it exits the first tube. The cryotherapy device may be attached to an endoscope such that the first tube may be passed through the endoscope's working channel, while the second tube may be passed along the endoscope's circumference. The cryotherapy device may further comprise securing means attached to the first tube, for securing the first tube to the endoscope's working channel, thus preventing free rotation of the cryotherapy device within the endoscope, relative to the rotation of the endoscope. In addition, the securing means assist in maintaining a constant and known location of the nozzles relative to the distal end of the endoscope. | 08-22-2013 |
20130296650 | IN VIVO SENSING DEVICE WITH A FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD - A flexible circuit board for being inserted into an in-vivo imaging device is provided. The flexible circuit board may include a plurality of flexible installation units connected to one another through flexible connection units. The flexible installation units may be capable of having electrical components disposed thereon at a size suitable for being included in an in-vivo imaging device which may be inserted into a body lumen, e.g., a capsule endoscope. An in-vivo imaging device which may enclose such a full-flexible circuit board is also provided. | 11-07-2013 |
20130331649 | MAGNETICALLY MANEUVERABLE IN-VIVO DEVICE - An in-vivo device includes a magnetic steering unit (MSU) to maneuver it by an external electromagnetic field. The MSU may include a permanent magnets assembly to produce a magnetic force for navigating the device. The MSU may include a magnets carrying assembly (MCA) to accommodate the permanent magnet(s). The MCA may be designed to generate eddy currents, in response to AC magnetic field, to apply a repelling force. The in-vivo device may also include a multilayered imaging and sensing printed circuit board (MISP) to capture and transmit images. The MISP may include a sensing coil assembly (SCA) to sense electromagnetic fields to determine a location/orientation/angular position of the in-vivo device. Data representing location/orientation/angular position of the device may be used by a maneuvering system to generate a steering magnetic field to steer the in-vivo device from one location or state to another location or state. | 12-12-2013 |
20140206956 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO IMMUNOASSAY - In vivo devices, systems and methods for in vivo immunoassay include inserting into a patient's body lumen an in vivo diagnostic device comprising a housing. The housing of the device comprises a chamber, and a chromatography strip for immunoassay of a body lumen substance. The housing may further comprise a casing for the chromatography strip. The casing may comprise a first opening to allow entrance of in vivo liquids into the casing and a second opening into the chamber. The housing may further comprise a sensor to sense a property of the chromatography strip. Following insertion of the device into the patient's body, a sample is collected and the immunoassay is performed in vivo in areas of pathological lesions for a predetermined period of time. An in vivo image may be acquired or other data such as colorimetric or intensity data may be obtained from the chromatography strip. | 07-24-2014 |
20140296666 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO DETECTION OF BLEEDING IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT - In-vivo devices, systems and methods for the detection of blood within in-vivo bodily fluids. The methods include irradiating in-vivo fluids passing through a gap in a housing of an in-vivo device introduced to the GI tract of a subject with a plurality of illumination sources positioned on a first side of a gap; detecting with at least one light detector positioned on the opposite side of the gap and facing the illumination sources, light irradiated by the illumination sources; transmitting a plurality of values representing the light detected over time; converting these values to blood concentration values over time, and comparing the blood concentration values to a predetermined threshold value. Based on the comparison, the method includes determining the type of bleeding profile, such that if a plurality of blood concentration values measured consecutively is above the threshold value, the bleeding profile indicates bleeding. | 10-02-2014 |