APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS WHICH CONTROLS AND FACILITATES INFORMATION GATHERING USING A TETHERED CAPSULE CATHETER

摘要

Exemplary apparatus can be provided which includes a capsule catheter first arrangement, a tether second arrangement which connected to the first arrangement; and a weighted structure connected to or provided in the first arrangement. For example, the weighted structure can have a particular weight that causes the first arrangement to interact with gravity. In this exemplary manner, that the first arrangement can be controllably translated and positioned within a luminal anatomical structure and/or provide information about anatomic features of imaged organ.