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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2006
Shlomo Lewkowicz, Tivon, IL;
Daniel Gat, Haifa, IL;
Arkady Glukhovsky, Nesher, IL;
Semion Khait, Tiberias, IL;
Gavriel Joseph Iddan, Haifa, IL;
Harold Jacob, Jerusalem, IL;
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Shlomo Lewkowicz, Tivon, IL;
Daniel Gat, Haifa, IL;
Arkady Glukhovsky, Nesher, IL;
Semion Khait, Tiberias, IL;
Gavriel Joseph Iddan, Haifa, IL;
Harold Jacob, Jerusalem, IL;
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an in vivo sensing device having a specific gravity of about 1 or a volume to weight ratio that enables it essentially to float. In one embodiment the in vivo sensing device consists of an image sensor system and a buoyant body. The buoyant body, which is attached to the sensor system or which can optionally house one or more elements of the sensor system, keeps the sensor system essentially floating in a body lumen liquid.