Abstract:
A control circuit for controlling a state of a switching circuit may include a first unit to sense and interpret a wireless signal or physical parameter as an “on” signal to transition the switching circuit to the “on” state, or as an “off” signal to transition the switching circuit to the “off” state, and to transfer a first digital signal or logic value and/or a second digital signal or logic value, which may respectively or combinatorially represent the “on” signal or the “off” signal, to a second unit via a first output and/or a second output of the first unit, respectively. The second unit may force a control input of the switching circuit to a logic value which is a function of the first digital signal or value and/or second digital signal or value and congruent with the state to which the switching circuit is to be transitioned.
Abstract:
In-vivo methods and kits for detecting presence of a combination of biomarkers indicating colorectal cancer are described. One of the methods includes inserting into a patient a combination of binding agents comprising one binding agent having high affinity to CEACAM5 and at least one binding agent having high affinity to at least one of two biomarkers selected from Olfactomedin 4- (OLFM4) and S100P. The method further includes inserting into the patient an in-vivo sensing device, detecting an optical change using the in-vivo sensing device, which occurs when at least one of the combination of binding agents binds to at least one of the corresponding combination of biomarkers, and determining, based on the optical change, presence of colorectal cancer in the patient.
Abstract:
A system and method may analyse and display intestinal motility events, based on an image stream captured by an in vivo imaging device. According to some embodiments, the system includes a storage unit to store image frames from the image stream, a processor to select a strip of pixels from a plurality of image frames of the image stream and to align the selected strips adjacently to form a motility events bar, and a visual display unit for displaying the motility events bar to a user.
Abstract:
Devices and a system for detection of blood within in-vivo fluids are provided. A device comprises a housing that includes a gap. The gap has at least one opening through which in-vivo fluids may enter and/or exit the gap. The device further comprises an illumination source for illuminating the in-vivo fluids in the gap, a light detector for detecting light which passes through the in-vivo fluids in the gap, and flexible fins disposed on the housing in the vicinity of the gap's opening for covering the opening when the fins are folded and for pumping fluids into and out of the opening by repeated closure and opening of the opening by the fins, due to repeated peristaltic waves. This pumping effect may lead to continuous flow of fluids into and out of the opening and thus into and out of the gap of the device.
Abstract:
Systems, devices, methods for capsule endoscopy procedures are disclosed. A swallowable capsule apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the swallowable capsule apparatus at least to perform: capturing in-vivo images over time of at least a portion of a gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of a person; pruning, over time, at least a portion of the in-vivo images; and communicating images of the in-vivo images, which were not pruned, to a receiver device external to the person.
Abstract:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of blister packaging for a medical patch in accordance with the present design; FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the blister packaging for a medical patch of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the blister packaging for a medical patch of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the blister packaging for a medical patch of FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view of the blister packaging for a medical patch of FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view of the blister packaging for a medical patch of FIG. 1; FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the blister packaging for a medical patch of FIG. 1; and, FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the blister packaging for a medical patch of FIG. 1. The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the blister packaging for a medical patch; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
Abstract:
A system for diagnosing an esophageal disease includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to: access, during a procedure involving an in-vivo device located within a person, data measured by the in-vivo device relating to an esophageal disease; evaluate, during the procedure while the in-vivo device is located within the person, a diagnosis for the esophageal disease for the person by applying a trained machine learning model to the data measured by the in-vivo device; and communicate, during the procedure while the in-vivo device is located within the person, the diagnosis for the esophageal disease.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying images that contain polyps. An exemplary method for identifying images includes: accessing images of a gastrointestinal tract (GIT) captured by a capsule endoscopy device, where: each image of the images is suspected to include a polyp and is associated with a probability of containing the polyp, and the images include seed images, where each seed image is associated with one or more images of the images. The image(s) associated with each seed image is identified as suspected to include the same polyp as the associated seed image. The method includes applying a polyp detection system on the seed images to identify seed images which include polyps, where the polyp detection system is applied to each seed image of based on the image(s) associated with the seed image and the probabilities associated with the seed image and with the associated image(s).
Abstract:
A method executed by a system for selecting images from a plurality of image groups originating from a plurality of imagers of an in-vivo device includes calculating, or otherwise associating, a general score (GS) for images of each image group, to indicate the probability that each image includes at least one pathology, dividing each image group into image subgroups, identifying a set Set(i) of maximum general scores (MGSs), a MGS for each image subgroup of each image group; and selecting images for processing by identifying a MGS|max in each set S(i) of MGSs; identifying the greatest MGS|max and selecting the image related to the greatest MGS|max. The method further includes modifying the set Set(i) of MGSs related to the selected image, and repeating the steps described above until a predetermined criterion selected from a group consisting of a number N of images and a score threshold is met.
Abstract:
An on/off switching circuit includes an on/off switch switchable between an on state and an off state, an light emitting diode (LED) driver to power one or more LEDs to illuminate an area of interest, a switch control unit to transition the on/off switch between the on and off states, the switch control unit including a light sensing circuit comprising at least one LED of the LEDs as a light sensor, and a bi-directional gate circuit. When the on/off switch is in the off state the bi-directional gate is in a first conducting state in which the bi-directional gate circuit connects the light sensor to the light sensing circuit, and when the on/off switch is in the on state the bi-directional gate is in a second conducting state in which the bi-directional gate connects the LED driver to the one or more LEDs including the light sensor.