ELECTROMECHANICAL PILL DEVICE WITH LOCALIZATION CAPABILITIES

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electromechanical pill device with localization capabilities.;SOLUTION: Various embodiments are described herein for a device, system, and method for identifying a location of an ingestible device within a gastrointestinal tract of a body. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes a sensing unit with an axial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to at least one end of the device, and a radial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to a radial wall of the device, and may autonomously identify a location within the gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes optical illumination sources and detectors that operate at a plurality of different wavelengths, and may discern regions of the gastrointestinal tract by using the reflection properties of organ tissue and occasional particulates. In some embodiments, the ingestible device may sample fluid or release medicament on the basis of a detected device location.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10;COPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT