Zarlink Semiconductor Announces Custom RF IC Used in Given Imaging’s New PillCam COLON 2 Camera Capsule for Wireless Examination of the Colon
The new camera capsule provides a patient-friendly alternative for visualizing the colon. Given Imaging launched this product at the recent GASTRO 2009 meeting in London and plans to begin marketing PillCam COLON 2 in Europe in 2010. (PillCam COLON 2 is not approved for use in the USA.) PillCam COLON 2 is a smooth, plastic capsule which can be easily swallowed by the patient without requiring sedation, intubation, air insufflation, hospitalization or radiation. The capsule contains tiny cameras at each end, a light source and Zarlink’s ultra-low power RF transceiver. Zarlink’s RF chip transmits images from the PillCam COLON 2 to an external data recorder as the vitamin-sized capsule passes naturally through the patient’s colon. Zarlink’s RF technology is in use in Given Imaging’s PillCam SB video capsules for visualizing the small bowel…
PillCam COLON 2
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