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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
Inventors:
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Charles Alexander Mosse, London, GB;
Gavriel J. Iddan, Haifa, IL;
Jeremy Pinchas Gerber, Netanya, IL;
Assignee:
GIVEN IMAGING LTD., Yoqneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device, system and method for cytology acquisition which may be performed with a swallowable in vivo device, specifically with a swallowable endoscopy capsule. The swallowable capsule may comprise a rotatable drum, a brush attached onto the drum for brushing against a tissue and acquiring cytology, and a porthole through which the brush may be in contact with the tissue.