Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for magnetically maneuvering an in vivo device
- Patent Title (中): 用于磁力操纵体内装置的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12121432Application Date: 2008-05-15
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Publication No.: US08428685B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Paul Christopher Swain , Frank Volke , Elisha Rabinovitz , Jeremy Pinchas Gerber , Boaz Aizenshtark , Bertram Manz , Martin Benecke
- Applicant: Paul Christopher Swain , Frank Volke , Elisha Rabinovitz , Jeremy Pinchas Gerber , Boaz Aizenshtark , Bertram Manz , Martin Benecke
- Applicant Address: IL Yoqneam
- Assignee: Given Imaging Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Given Imaging Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Yoqneam
- Agency: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00
Abstract:
A method for controlling movement of an imaging device in vivo, the method comprising the steps of providing an imaging device having a longitudinal axis and a magnetic component, said device to be inserted into a patient's body; providing a rotating magnetic field outside the patient's body; and advancing the rotating magnetic filed along the patient's body in a desired direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090048484A1 Device, system and method for magnetically maneuvering an in vivo device Public/Granted day:2009-02-19
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