ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,191, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Endiatx Inc. (Hayward, Calif.).

"Ingestible device with propulsion and imaging capabilities" was invented by Daniel V. Moyer (Redwood City, Calif.), Torrey P. Smith (Redwood City, Calif.), James G. Erd (Newark, Calif.), Daniel A. Luebke (San Mateo, Calif.), Benjamin J. Bonnes (Oakland, Calif.), Marcus X. Luebke (San Mateo, Calif.), Rachel N. New (Palo Alto, Calif.) and William J. Buxton (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ingestible device comprising a capsule, a camera, an antenna, and a propulsion component id disclosed. The camera can capture images of various in vivo enviro...