Patent ID: 7970455
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ingestible pill, adapted to recognize entry to a colon, comprising: an ingestible-pill body, adapted to be swallowed by a living being and adapted for traveling down a gastrointestinal tract of the living being, the body including an expansion mechanism and an outer portion, wherein at least part of the outer portion is adapted to be moved by said expansion mechanism relative to an opposite part of the outer portion and wherein the part of the outer portion includes at least one radioactive-emission detector for detecting pathologies in the colon; and a colon-recognition trigger mechanism, associated with the ingestible-pill body and configured to produce a colon-entry signal, when the ingestible-pill body enters the colon of the living being, wherein the outer portion comprises a skin, and wherein the at least one radioactive-emission detector contacts the skin.