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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Metin Sitti, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sehyuk Yim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00158 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 5/073 (2013.01); A61B 5/6861 (2013.01); A61B 34/73 (2016.02); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/6879 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2034/731 (2016.02);
Abstract
Present invention describes a swallowable device with a soft, compliant exterior, whose shape can be changed through the use of magnetic fields, and which can be locomoted in a rolling motion through magnetic control from the exterior of the patient. The present invention could be used for a variety of medical applications inside the GI tract including but not limited to drug delivery, biopsy, heat cauterization, pH sensing, biochemical sensing, micro-surgery, and active imaging.