Patent ID: 8900133
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An imaging system for in vivo imaging, the imaging system comprising: (a) a video imaging system comprising: (b) a biological probe comprising a fluorochrome with absorption and emission maximum between 600 and 1300 nm and one or more fluorochrome quencher molecules for targeting and attaching to an in vivo probe target; further wherein the video imaging device is swallowable and comprises an electromagnetic radiation filter for filtering electromagnetic radiation passing from and to the video imaging device, the filter comprising an excitation filter adapted to pass light between approximately 610 nm and 650 nm and an emission filter adapted to pass red and near infrared fluorescent (NIRF) light between approximately 680 nm and 720 nm; whereby the video imaging system is adapted to image the emission wavelength and visually identify diseased tissue, non-diseased tissue, or both diseased tissue and non-diseased tissue at the probe target within the transmitted images from the video imaging system.