User's Manual

System Overview Chapter 2
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Sensitivity to diagnose small bowel neoplasms can be doubled by
enteroclysis, which is extremely inconvenient for the patient and must be
done only in a hospital set up by an expert. The sensitivity and specificity
of the diagnosis of mucosal lesion (like AVM, for example) is close to
zero.
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen is sometimes helpful in
diagnosing and localizing of small bowel abnormalities, but it is unable to
determine small intraluminal or mucosal lesions.
It is widely accepted that the aforementioned methods for diagnosing
small bowel diseases and disorders are limited. Capsule Endoscopy is a
great advancement, providing a much more thorough diagnostic method.
IntroMedic’s MiroCam Capsule Endoscope System is designed to aid the
gastroenterologist in visualizing and diagnosing disease of the small
bowel in an efficient, cost effective, and comfortable manner. .
2.2 MiroCam System Main Components
y Capsule:The MiroCam Capsule moves slowly through the small
intestine tract, capturing images of the entire small intestine at 3
frames/sec.
y Receiver:The MiroCam Receiver provides 9 receiving channels
through which signals can be received. The pair of channels which
have the best signal characteristics are selected and used for the
receipt of the of image signals. The receive also connects to
MiroView™
software to upload images taken of the patient’s GI
tract.
y MiroView™ Software: MiroView™ enables the gastorenterologist
to perform a diagnostic reiview of the patient’s small bowel, and