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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Yoav Kimchy, Haifa, IL;
Gideon Baum, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Yoav Kimchy, Haifa, IL;
Gideon Baum, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Check-Cap Ltd., Isfiya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method for imaging body tissue, the device comprising a catheter for accessing body cavities having a catheter end, the catheter end having there within an ionizing radiation source for emitting ionizing radiation; and at least one ionizing radiation detector for detecting ionizing radiation; and wherein preferably a signal is emitted by the ionizing radiation source, said signal comprising photons or electrons, said photons or electrons are reflected from the body tissue or provoke the body tissue to generate photons or electrons.