LUMEN TRAVELING DEVICE

摘要

Various embodiments described herein relate to a lumen traveling device and/or system for real-time display of location of the device as it travels through a lumen in a subject's body. In an embodiment, alignment of the externally alignable display and control device with the lumen traveling device located in a lumen (natural or artificial) in a subject's body provides for tracking, memory display, and manipulation of the lumen traveling device.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a lumen traveling device communicably coupled with an externally alignable display and control device; wherein the lumen traveling device includes at least one means for locomotion, at least one power source, at least one of a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver, at least one location sensor; wherein the externally alignable display and control device includes at least one of a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver; and wherein a processor is operably coupled to at least one of the lumen traveling device or the externally alignable display and control device and is configured to receive signals from at least one of the lumen traveling device or externally alignable display and control device only upon the lumen traveling device entering at least one predetermined location threshold.