ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,289, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VIBRANT LTD. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Gastrointestinal treatment system including a vibrating capsule and method of use thereof" was invented by Lior Ben-Tsur (Netanya, Israel), Shai Molnar (Shorashim, Israel) and Roni Shabat (Kibbutz Yizra'el, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gastrointestinal treatment system including a gastrointestinal capsule adapted to treat a subject following ingestion of the gastrointestinal capsule. The gastrointestinal capsule includes: (a) a housing; (b) a vibrating agitator, powered by the battery, the vibrating agitator adapted such that, in a first vibrating mod...