| US 7,460,896 B2 | ||
| In vivo device and method for collecting oximetry data | ||
| Gavriel J. Iddan, Haifa (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Given Imaging Ltd., Yoqneam (Israel) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/901,177. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/490481, filed on Jul. 29, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0027178 A1, Feb. 03, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 5/1455 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—339 | 18 Claims |
| 14. A method of in vivo measuring of oximetry, the method comprising:
inserting an autonomous in vivo device into a body lumen, said device when inside the body lumen not including any physical
connection to an additional device;
illuminating tissue of said body lumen with an illuminator in the device, the illuminator recessed in a cavity limiting backscatter
or sidescatter light access;
detecting light diffused from a tissue of said body lumen by a detector in the device, the detector recessed in a cavity limiting
backscatter or sidescatter light access; and
calculating oximetric readings based on the detected diffused light.
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