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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2001
Tarun Mullick, Beachwood, OH (US);
Ramgopal Nair, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Sudhir K. Dutta, Lutherville, MD (US);
Padmanabhan P. Nair, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Tarun Mullick, Beachwood, OH (US);
Ramgopal Nair, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Sudhir K. Dutta, Lutherville, MD (US);
Padmanabhan P. Nair, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
A miniature ingestible imaging capsule having a membrane defining an internal cavity and being provided with a window is provided. A lens is disposed in relation to said window and a light source disposed in relation to the lens for providing illumination to outside of the membrane through the window. An imaging array is disposed in relation to the lens, wherein images from the lens impinge on the imaging array. A transmitter is disposed in relation to the imaging array for transmitting a signal from the imaging array to an associated transmitter outside of the membrane. The lens, light source imaging array, and transmitter are enclosed within the internal cavity of the capsule.