Patent ID: 7869856

Claim:
A medical imaging system comprising: an elongated capsule comprising: a housing of swallowable proportions and having a longitudinal axis with a first end and an oppositely positioned second end, comprising: two optical setups, a first optical setup positioned on the longitudinal axis at or near the first end and a second optical setup positioned on the longitudinal axis at or near the second end, for viewing sectors external to the housing and in opposite directions; at least one illuminator illuminating said sectors; at least one light sensitive array receiving light from one of the optical setups and generating image data; electronic circuitry for sampling image data from said light sensitive arrays and converting image data to digital data; and a transmitter receiving said digital data and transmitting said digital data, an external receiver receiving said digital data from said transmitter; an image processor capable of processing said digital data received by said external receiver into at least one image; and a display capable of displaying said at least one image.