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Wearable antenna assembly for an in-vivo device

  • US 8,624,787 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2011
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wearable antenna assembly to facilitate communication with a swallowable in-vivo device, comprising:

  • a posterior antenna assembly comprising;

    a flat posterior antenna element comprising;

    a flat, electrically insulating, posterior base comprising, a lateral portion having a lateral line, and at least a first protrusion continuing from the lateral portion and extending away from said lateral line, anda first antenna element formed in said first protrusion; and

    a wearable belt to carry the posterior antenna assembly,wherein the at least first protrusion is configured such that, when the belt is worn, the first antenna element is situated adjacent to or in front of a first of the two greater sciatic notches of the pelvis such that the first antenna element is configured to receive a signal from said in-vivo device after said signal travels through said first greater sciatic notch.

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