System and method for assembling a swallowable sensing device
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1. A shell of a swallowable in vivo sensing device comprising a plurality of shell pieces, said pieces joined together.
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A system and method of assembling a swallowable sensor, including attaching a first piece of a shell of the sensor to a second piece of the shell of the sensor, where the attaching may include for example screwing the first piece to the second piece, welding or gluing the first piece to the second piece, snapping the first piece to the second piece or for example applying laser energy to a pigment in the first piece.
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- 1. A shell of a swallowable in vivo sensing device comprising a plurality of shell pieces, said pieces joined together.
- 12. A method of assembling a swallowable sensor comprising attaching a first of a plurality of pieces of a shell of said sensor to a second of said plurality of pieces of said shell of said sensor.
- 17. A method of binding a first material having a thickness of less than 0.5 millimeters to a second material having a thickness of less than 0.5 millimeters, comprising applying laser energy to a pigment in said first material.
- 21. A swallowable capsule comprising a capsule body and a viewing dome, said dome attached to said body by laser welding.
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