ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,889, issued on Dec. 9.
"Method and apparatus for gastric examination using a capsule camera" was invented by Kang-Huai Wang (Saratoga, Calif.), Gordon C. Wilson (San Francisco) and Ganyu Lu (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for imaging a patient's gastrointestinal tract using a capsule camera and a patient positioning system are disclosed. According to the method, the capsule camera is administered to a patient by swallowing the capsule camera through patient's mouth. For each target examination position selected from a set of examination positions: the patient positioning system is adjusted to a target positi...