Sightline Technologies Ltd.

Stryker Gi Ltd.

Giora Bernat

Victor Levin

Dan Oz

Michael Voloshin

Yackov Bar-Or

Avi Raz

Arie Avny

An endoscopic apparatus including an internal unit, adapted to be advanced into a gastrointestinal tract of a patient so as to enable inspection of the tract, an anchor unit, adapted to be held in a position outside the gastrointestinal tract and a flexible sleeve, having a proximal end fixed to the anchor and a distal end fixed to the internal unit, wherein at least a portion of the sleeve between the proximal end distal ends is held initially in a compact state at the internal unit and is arranged to feed out from the internal unit as the internal unit is advanced into the gastrointestinal tract. A method for endoscopic examination is also disclosed.

Endoscopic inspection using a flexible sleeve

Endoscopic apparatus which advances within a lumen ( ) includes a probe ( ) having distal and proximal ends and a flexible sleeve ( ) coupled proximally to the probe. The sleeve is inflated in order to propel the probe within the lumen. The probe typically includes an imaging device ( ), which captures images inside the lumen.

Propulsion of a probe in the colon using a flexible sleeve

An optical viewing device includes a housing of a size and shape for introduction into the large intestine of a subject and for movement therein in either direction, and an image transducer located within the housing for converting optical images into electrical signals. Various embodiments are described in which the housing is of a size and shape for movement by its own weight in either direction in the intestine, or in which the housing includes an electric motor driving propelling means for propelling the housing through the intestine, or in which the housing is carried at one end of a rod of a length such that a user may grasp the opposite end and manipulate the housing to scan the interior surface of the intestine.

Viewing method and apparatus particularly useful for viewing the

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Giora Bernat