Patent ID: 7996067

Claim:
An autonomous in-vivo imaging device comprising: a device body, the device body having a longitudinal axis and a main body, wherein a portion of the main body is parallel to the longitudinal axis and wherein an end of said parallel portion defines a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a dome shaped window positioned at said end of the parallel portion and defining a space between said dome shaped window and said plane, the dome shaped window having an uninterrupted transparent body that extends to said parallel portion of the main body of the device body; a plurality of illumination sources providing illumination through the window; a lens; and a camera positioned within the device body on an axis of symmetry coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the device at an equal distance from each of said plurality of illumination sources and behind the lens, the camera imaging via the lens and the window, the field of view of the camera via the lens being along the longitudinal axis and towards the end of the parallel portion, wherein said camera, lens and illumination sources are located behind said space.