PillCam COLON 2 endoscopy capsule

Looking inside the body is key to many diagnostic and screening procedures. Most commonly, this is done using an endoscopy, which involves a thin, flexible camera being inserted into the body through an opening like the mouth or bottom.

This endoscopy capsule offers a minimally invasive alternative to the traditional procedure. The patient swallows capsule containing the camera which has a wide-angle view allowing nearly 360° coverage of the colon. It takes about 30,000 pictures before passing naturally from the body, which usually occurs before the end of its 10-hour battery life. This is a second-generation model which was introduced to the market in 2009 after the success of the first generation of PillCam introduced to the market in 2001.

Looking inside the body is key to many diagnostic and screening procedures. Most commonly, this is done using an endoscopy, which involves a thin, flexible camera being inserted into the body through an opening like the mouth or bottom.

This is the box for an endoscopy capsule which offers a minimally invasive alternative to the traditional procedure. The patient swallows capsule containing the camera which has a wide-angle view allowing nearly 360° coverage of the colon. It takes about 30,000 pictures before passing naturally from the body, which usually occurs before the end of its 10-hour battery life. This is a second-generation model which was introduced to the market in 2009 after the success of the first generation of PillCam introduced to the market in 2001.