Researchers found that excluding sodium phosphate boosters in preparation for PillCam colon capsule endoscopy resulted in a “clinically meaningful reduction” in capsule excretion rates that were ...

New studies show Given Imaging’s new PillCam SB can help detect lesions involved in Crohn’s disease and monitor disease progression in patients with suspected and known Crohn’s disease, according to a ...

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the use of a wireless pill camera, like Given Imaging's PillCam, in its current generation, is not as effective as a ...

Nov. 2, 2004 (Orlando) -- Results from a study evaluating traditional upper endoscopy compared with the M2A esophageal capsule endoscope (PillCam; ECE) suggest that the ECE is an effective and ...

Given Imaging GIVN, a world leader in GI medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced the initiation of and first PillCam COLON 2 capsule procedures in a large, multi-center, ...

Almost 50 years ago, Catherine Kent scratched hot dogs off her list of favorite foods. She was 22 and pregnant, and hot dogs caused a burning in her throat, gas and an unpleasant aftertaste. It seemed ...

Medtronic — known for making complicated medical devices that often require a surgeon to implant them — is partnering with Amazon.com to deliver pill-sized cameras to patients' doorsteps. At home, the ...

Ingestible smart capsules deliver medication directly to specific gut locations using microscopic needles and targeted drug release systems.

In 1981 an Israeli physician, Dr Gavriel Iddan, began the development of a video camera that would fit inside a pill, however, the technology at the time was not ready for this. It was 20 years later, ...

A new 'PillCam' ingestible capsule might be a feasible alternative to conventional upper endoscopy for assessing patients with suspected esophageal disorders. A pilot study by Eliakim et al. has ...

If you're a fan of the television show House, you may have already heard of Israel-based Given Imaging's PillCam. However, Joshua Devine, a high school sophomore who lives near San Diego, became one ...

When Are Endoscopies Preferred To Capsule Endoscopies? Gastroenterologists routinely perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy to visualize the digestive tract, including the small intestine, and the large ...