Apparatus, device and method for capsule microscopy

US11490797B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The General Hospital Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michalina Gora · Somerville, US
• Dongkyun Kang · Somerville, US
• Norman S. Nishioka · Wayland, US
• Brett Eugene Bouma · Quincy, US
• Guillermo J. Tearney · Cambridge, US
• Robert Carruth · Arlington, US
• Kevin Gallagher · Winchester, US
• Jenny Sauk · Somerville, US
• Moon Gu Lee · Jangan-dong, KR
• Nima Tabatabaei · Cambridge, US
• Milen Shishkov · Acton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: May 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/0075
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An exemplary apparatus for obtaining data for at least one portion within at least one luminal or hollow sample can be provided. For example, the apparatus can include a first optical arrangement configured to transceive at least one electromagnetic radiation to and from the portion(s). The apparatus can also include a wavelength dispersive second arrangement, which can be configured to disperse the electromagnetic radiation(s). A housing can be provided with a shape of a pill, and enclosing the first and second arrangements.