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Article: Given imaging uses chip in swallowable camera pill.(New Technology)
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
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- July 1, 2004
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Zarlink Semiconductor announced that Given Imaging Ltd., maker of a swallowable camera capsule for diagnosis of disease of the gastrointestinal tract, is now using an ultra low-power transmitter chip from Zarlink in its M2A capsule endoscope. The capsule consisting of a microchip camera, light-emitting diodes that act as a flash, Zarlink's RF transmitter chip, antenna and two silver-oxide batteries is swallowed by the patient and then passes naturally ...