Back in January, we reported that Given Imaging, a manufacturer of PillCam™ capsule endoscope, was working on incorporating an enhanced CMOS image sensor from Micron into its future products. Well, the result is here: Given Imaging to Launch Advanced PillCam™ SB Video Capsule.
Doubling the frame rate from two to four frames (images) per second, the new PillCam SB will offer enhanced viewing capacity while increasing the capsule’s operational time from eight to nine hours and incorporate new optical and image sensor technology to provide superior image quality. Coupled with Given Imaging’s latest RAPID software platform, the new PillCam SB capsule is designed to provide the physician with more detailed and extensive information to improve diagnostic efficacy as well as user friendliness and efficiency. Micron’s complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors and Zarlink’s ultra low-power RF (radio frequency) transmitter chips are used in Given’s PillCam SB video capsule and PillCam™ ESO for imaging the esophagus as well as the future PillCam COLON, which is currently in clinical trials…
“Micron’s Digital Clarity™ CMOS sensors have set a standard for imaging excellence,” stated Bob Gove, Vice President of Imaging for Micron Technology, Inc. “Through our close collaboration with Given, we are enabling the PillCam SB to take yet another step forward in disposable medical imaging.”
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