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| 20080208077 | Device, System and Method for In-Vivo Sampling - A device, system and method for in-vivo sampling. An in-vivo device and method for use thereof may include a sampling chamber and a gating mechanism. The sampling chamber may store a sample of a body lumen substance, and the gate may close and open an opening of the sampling chamber. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080294023 | Device, System, and Method for In-Vivo Analysis - A device, system and method for in-vivo analysis. An autonomous in-vivo device may include a magnet to detain at least a portion of a sample collected from a body lumen; a sensor to sense a property of the detained sample portion; and a transmitter to transmit data of the sensed property. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080312502 | System and Device for in Vivo Procedures - The invention relates to a device system and method for providing images of an in vivo site during in vivo procedures, such as laparoscopy wherein the device is capable of illuminating an internal body cavity and has an immobilization unit to fasten the device to a desired location in vivo. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090048484 | Device, system and method for magnetically maneuvering an in vivo device - A method for controlling movement of an imaging device in vivo, the method comprising the steps of providing an imaging device having a longitudinal axis and a magnetic component, said device to be inserted into a patient's body; providing a rotating magnetic field outside the patient's body; and advancing the rotating magnetic filed along the patient's body in a desired direction. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090216082 | Device, System and Method for In Vivo Magnetic Immunoassay Analysis - A device system, and method may provide in-vivo detection of target molecules in an endo-luminal sample, for example for the detection of cancer in the gastrointestinal tract, utilizing for example an in-vivo sensing device. the sensing device may accept samples of fluids from a body lumen and detect the contents of that sample for example by introducing paramagnetic particles to the sample of fluids, immobilizing a target molecule bonded to a paramagnetic particle to a reaction channel, and detecting bonded paramagnetic particles. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090312631 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IN-VIVO PATHOLOGY - Devices, systems and methods for detecting in vivo pathology are provided. An in vivo sensing device comprises a reacting layer with at least one type of binding agent attached thereon, a sensor configured for sensing an optical change occurring on the reacting substrate, and at least one illumination source. In-vivo fluids are in constant contact with the reacting substrate so that in vivo marker indicating pathology may bind to the binding agent attached onto the reacting layer and may be viewed by the sensor. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090318761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO IMAGING - An in vivo imaging system including an ingestible in vivo imaging device for obtaining images and transmitting image data; a receiver for receiving said transmitted image data; a processor for processing said image data; and a controller for controlling movement of the in vivo imaging device based on processed image data. Controlling the movement of the in vivo imaging device is typically achieved by an external magnet moved along the patient's body unconstrained by a predetermined track. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090318766 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO ANALYSIS - An in-vivo imaging device, typically an autonomous capsule, having a housing, the housing comprising a window; an illumination source located within the housing to illuminate a body lumen through the window; an imager to receive light reflected from the body lumen through the window; and a transmitter to transmit image data to a receiving system. The window is coated with liposomes containing a marker such that the imager may acquire images which include the marking. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100041983 | Device and method for pathology detection - A method and system may provide detection of pathologies, for example, the detection of cancer in, for example, the gastrointestinal tract utilizing for example magnetically susceptible nano-particles. Ultrasound imaging, MRI technology or other suitable techniques may be used in conjunction to localize detected pathologies. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100305406 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GYNECOLOGICAL USE - A device for gynecological examination has an imaging unit, which may include an illumination source, an imaging unit and an optical system, positioned within a speculum type device, typically between the blades thereof. The imaging unit is positioned at the end of an elongated rod that is positioned within a guide tube, both of which pass from between the blades down through the speculum handle, where they can be manipulated by a user to push the unit upward and forward for better viewing. A transmitter for transmitting sensed data to an external or remote receiver may be part of or may be separate from the device. The device may have non-imaging sensors, such as a pH sensor, a sensor to sense electrical impedance of tissues, a temperature sensor, etc., either by itself or in addition to an imager. A system may further include a remote receiver, a processor for processing data and a monitor for presenting images to the user in real time. | 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 |
| 20100322866 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO ANALYSIS - A method for detecting the presence of a substance such as an antigen, the method including the steps of: maintaining a signaling material at a first pH within a liposome; contacting the liposome with a sample having a second pH such that if the substance is present in the sample the liposome will rupture thereby exposing the signaling material to the second pH; and detecting a change in an optical property, such as color, of the signaling material, the change caused by the exposure to the second pH. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110125031 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IN VIVO IMAGING - Devices and methods for optically scanning an in-vivo lumen, and for determining contact between an in-vivo device and an in-vivo lumen wall. The device may include an elongated housing having a cylindrical portion. At least one illuminating body may provide illumination at the circumference of the cylindrical portion, and at least one light sensor may sense light that penetrated and was scattered from the tissue of the in vivo lumen. The device may include means for preventing direct illumination from the illuminating body from reaching the light sensor and for decreasing the amount of direct light reflection from the outer surface of the in vivo lumen onto the light sensor. | 05-26-2011 |
