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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Zvika Gilad, Haifa, IL;
Amit Pascal, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Zvika Gilad, Haifa, IL;
Amit Pascal, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An in-vivo device, system and a method for imaging a body lumen, typically liquid filled body lumen. The in-vivo device may have a specific gravity of about 1 or a volume to weight ratio that enables it to float. The in-vivo device may include an optical system for viewing through a body lumen liquid and another optical system for viewing through a non liquid medium. The in-vivo device may be moved through the body lumen by the liquid movement in that lumen.