Patent ID: 8036731

Claim:
A system for diagnosing a gastrointestinal tract, comprising: (a) an ingestible device, sized to be swallowed and arranged for traveling within a gastrointestinal tract of a body, comprising: (i) a probe, operative to acquire, along said gastrointestinal tract, a diagnostic image of nuclear radiation of a radiopharmaceutical; (ii) data-handling apparatus, in signal communication with said probe, for receiving and handling imaging data, generated by said probe; (iii) a power source, for powering said probe and data-handling apparatus; and (iv) a shell, which encapsulates said probe, data-handling apparatus, and power source within, wherein said ingestible device comprises a plurality of nuclear-radiation detectors, arranged around said probe, and (b) first circuitry comprising at least one sensor adapted to determine the location and orientation of the ingestible device in the gastrointestinal tract; and (c) second circuitry adapted to reconstruct the diagnostic image based on said location and orientation.