M2A Capsule Endoscope
date: label: date made
content: late 1990s - 2003
name: label: maker
content: Given Imaging
notes: label: Description
content: Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a technique intended to improve upon and in many cases supercede traditional diagnostic endoscopy practices, such as radiologic studies, "push" endoscopy, transnasal insertion into the digestive tract, fluoroscopic monitoring, colonoscopy, exploratory surgery, and the barium enema. In CE, the patient swallows a small digital video camera (disposable, one time use) that has light emitting diodes and a transmitter. The camera sends images (approximately 50,000 or 2/second) to a wireless data recorder worn at the patient's waist, over an eight hour period. The data is then downloaded into a computer. The CE can image parts of the intestines, especially the small inteestine, where other methods can not reach. It is also less painful and uncomfortable than traditional methods. The camera works best in tight areas and less well in the stomach.
label: Description
content: The technology was invented by Dr. Gavriel Iddan, a military missile designer who figured out a way to miniaturize the imaging system. Iddan was a mechanical engineer in the Israeli Ministry of Defense at the time and took a series of sabbaticals to the United States to study imaging, beginning in 1981. After a coloscopy in the early 1990s, Dr. Iddan's interest intensified and he imagined a tiny missile with a camera, traveling through the intestine. The first of his several patents came in 1994. Iddan worked with a team, including gastroenterologist Paul Swain of the UK to perfect the device and set up a commercial enterprise to market it. CE was approved for commercial use by the FDA in 2001. The procedure cost around $1500. The camera can pick up bleeding, tumors, and vascular lesions and diagnosis malabsorption disorders.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: Endoscopy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Given Imaging, through David Bjerken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0246.03
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0246.03
label: accession number
content: 2003.0246
objectType: label: Object Name
content: capsule endoscope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.3 cm x 5.3 cm; 2 1/16 in x 2 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 5.3975 cm x 6.0325 cm