Patent ID: 9113845
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A61B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sleeve and circuit board configuration for insertion into a swallowable capsule housing of an in vivo sensing device, wherein said sleeve is configured for holding said circuit board in a folded configuration, said sleeve being a single structure having a cylindrical shape and comprising: a first end located at a first terminal end of the sleeve and comprising a first gripper and at least one leaf spring; a second end located at a second terminal end of the sleeve opposing the first terminal end and comprising a second gripper; a slit through said sleeve extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis of said cylindrically shaped sleeve from said first end to said second end; and a circuit board comprising a first rigid portion, a second rigid portion and a flexible portion connecting the first rigid portion and the second rigid portion; wherein the first gripper and the at least one leaf spring hold the first rigid portion of said circuit board between the first gripper and the at least one leaf spring on the first end, the second gripper holds the second rigid portion of the circuit board on the second end, wherein the flexible portion of the circuit board from the first rigid portion to the second rigid portion extends along the slit and along a longitudinal plane of the sleeve, and wherein each of the first and second rigid portions lie in a radial plane at the first and second terminal ends of the sleeve, respectively.