Given Imaging first introduced the PillCam in 2001, and the company is now working on the second generation of capsule endoscopes. Olympus introduces its Endo Capsule for visualizing small bowel mucosa in 2007. Olympus’ capsule has automatic lighting from six LEDs, transmission of two images per second and recording time of approximately eight hours.
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