Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device, system and method for in-vivo detection of bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract
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Application No.: US14304690Application Date: 2014-06-13
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Publication No.: US09795330B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Amit Pascal , Zvika Gilad , Elisha Rabinovitz , Yaniv Birnboim
- Applicant: GIVEN IMAGING LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Yoqneam
- Assignee: GIVEN IMAGING LTD.
- Current Assignee: GIVEN IMAGING LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Yoqneam
- Agency: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/1455
- IPC: A61B5/1455 ; A61B5/1459 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/07 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B1/06

Abstract:
In-vivo devices, systems and methods for the detection of blood within in-vivo bodily fluids. The methods include irradiating in-vivo fluids passing through a gap in a housing of an in-vivo device introduced to the GI tract of a subject with a plurality of illumination sources positioned on a first side of a gap; detecting with at least one light detector positioned on the opposite side of the gap and facing the illumination sources, light irradiated by the illumination sources; transmitting a plurality of values representing the light detected over time; converting these values to blood concentration values over time, and comparing the blood concentration values to a predetermined threshold value. Based on the comparison, the method includes determining the type of bleeding profile, such that if a plurality of blood concentration values measured consecutively is above the threshold value, the bleeding profile indicates bleeding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140296666A1 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO DETECTION OF BLEEDING IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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