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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Paul Christopher Swain, London, GB;
Frank Volke, St. Ingbert, DE;
Elisha Rabinovitz, Haifa, IL;
Jeremy Pinchas Gerber, Netanya, IL;
Boaz Aizenshtark, Shimshit, IL;
Bertram Manz, St. Ingbert, DE;
Martin Benecke, Homburg, DE;
Paul Christopher Swain, London, GB;
Frank Volke, St. Ingbert, DE;
Elisha Rabinovitz, Haifa, IL;
Jeremy Pinchas Gerber, Netanya, IL;
Boaz Aizenshtark, Shimshit, IL;
Bertram Manz, St. Ingbert, DE;
Martin Benecke, Homburg, DE;
Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
Abstract
A method for controlling movement of an imaging device in vivo, the method comprising the steps of providing an imaging device having a longitudinal axis and a magnetic component, said device to be inserted into a patient's body; providing a rotating magnetic field outside the patient's body; and advancing the rotating magnetic filed along the patient's body in a desired direction.