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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Yehudit Kraizer, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Raphael Rabinovitz, Raanana, IL;
Yoram Sela, Raanana, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/117 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61K 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method is described for enabling an examining device to pass through an abnormally configured body lumen. The device may pass through a body lumen while maintaining an initial dimension. Upon encounter with an abnormally configured body lumen, the device may be depleted and take on a final dimension after a predetermined time period, regardless of its current orientation with respect to the body lumen, so that the device may pass through and vacate the abnormally configured body lumen shortly after the predetermined time period may have elapsed.