Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscopic capsule and endoscopic system
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Application No.: US15005263Application Date: 2016-01-25
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Publication No.: US10064544B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Carmen Chung Yan Poon , Hin Kwong Leung , RuiKai Zhang , Cecilia Ka Wing Chan
- Applicant: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Applicant Address: CN Hong Kong
- Assignee: THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
- Current Assignee: THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
- Current Assignee Address: CN Hong Kong
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B1/273 ; A61B5/07 ; A61B5/145 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B1/015 ; A61B5/01 ; A61B5/03

Abstract:
A closed-loop endoscopic capsule including a sensor recording biological information reflecting the inner condition of a gastrointestinal tract, an expander which is inflatable and holds the endoscopic capsule in the gastrointestinal tract, a medication releaser releasing medication for treatment, and a controller for processing the recorded biological information to generate control signals for the expander and the releaser. An endoscopic system that includes the endoscopic capsule, an external station for data processing, and a mobile device for human-machine interaction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160213234A1 ENDOSCOPIC CAPSULE AND ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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