SWITCHABLE IN VIVO CAPSULE WITH A RIGID AND FLEXIBLE SECTION CIRCUIT BOARD

摘要

A swallowable in vivo sensing capsule (10) comprising: a circuit board that comprises a plurality of rigid sections (31,33,35;51, 53), at least two of said rigid sections (33, 35) being connected by a flexible section (32, 32'), and one or more batteries (25) being positioned between the two rigid sections, the swallowable in vivo sensing capsule further comprising an illumination source (23) disposed on at least one rigid section (33, 51) of the circuit board.