US 11,944,277 B2
Device and method for enhanced visualization of the small intestine
Alexander Q. Tilson, Burlingame, CA (US); and Garrett J. Gomes, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US)
Filed by Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,188.
Application 17/448,188 is a continuation of application No. 16/325,497, granted, now 11,122,971, previously published as PCT/US2017/047591, filed on Aug. 18, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/376,816, filed on Aug. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000355 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/32 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00085 (2013.01); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for visualization of a body lumen, comprising:
a capsule endoscope comprising a camera lens;
a plurality of struts extending from the capsule endoscope radially outwardly from a longitudinal axis of the capsule endoscope and axially along the longitudinal axis of the capsule endoscope and connecting at an apex and configured to maintain a field of view around the camera lens while the device is providing visualization of the body lumen, wherein the plurality of struts extend away from the camera lens so as to form a frame therearound.