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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Check-cap Ltd., Isfiya, IL;
Inventors:
Yoav Kimchy, Haifa, IL;
Alex Ovadia, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
CHECK-CAP LTD., Isfiya, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/40 (2024.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4057 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/425 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/485 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging capsule including, a radiation source, a collimator that provides a collimated beam from the radiation source, at least one detector configured to detect particles resulting from X-ray fluorescence and/or Compton backscattering in response to the collimated beam to reconstruct images of a user's gastrointestinal tract, wherein the imaging capsule is configured to identify an inflamed area, within the user's gastrointestinal tract, based on a count of the detected particles and initiate actions responsive to detecting the inflamed area.