ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,093, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GIVEN IMAGING LTD. (Yoqneam, Israel).
"Ingestible device with propulsion" was invented by Chen Mann (Kibbutz Merchavia, Israel), Vitaly Fastovsky (Haifa, Israel), Yaniv Birnboim (Shaarey Tiqwa, Israel), Eyal David (Atlit, Israel), Daniel Weihs (Haifa, Israel) and Mark Ishay (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ingestible device includes a cylindrical capsule having a central axis defined therethrough, a proximal end portion, and an atraumatically shaped distal end portion. A propulsion unit is disposed at the proximal end portion of the capsule for effecting movement of the capsule ...