Comments on: Swallows New Camera to Get 16 Pictures of Stomach http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/comment-page-1/#comment-1060791 Peter Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:44:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5087#comment-1060791 This camera takes 16 pictures using 16 lenses pointing in all directions so no directional control is needed. You could assemble these pictures to one compound picture on the inside or outside of a ball. The camera is not 2" diameter but 2" long. From the picture it looks like 1/2" diameter, so swallowing this would not be so hard (if you can control the gag reflex). It is not more than todays endoscopes. You could also use a local anaesthetic (Lidocaine) in the mouth. This camera takes 16 pictures using 16 lenses pointing in all directions so no directional control is needed. You could assemble these pictures to one compound picture on the inside or outside of a ball.

The camera is not 2″ diameter but 2″ long. From the picture it looks like 1/2″ diameter, so swallowing this would not be so hard (if you can control the gag reflex). It is not more than todays endoscopes. You could also use a local anaesthetic (Lidocaine) in the mouth.

]]> By: Anne http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/comment-page-1/#comment-1059384 Anne Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:53:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5087#comment-1059384 "Each of the sixteen “shots” are developed into circular pictures two inches in diameter which taken together give a complete representation of the inside of a patient’s stomach." How do they know it's complete? The thing doesn't look like it has much in the way of actual directional control nor any way to see what you're taking a picture of either. “Each of the sixteen “shots” are developed into circular pictures two inches in diameter which taken together give a complete representation of the inside of a patient’s stomach.”

How do they know it’s complete? The thing doesn’t look like it has much in the way of actual directional control nor any way to see what you’re taking a picture of either.

]]> By: james http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/comment-page-1/#comment-1059362 james Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:27:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5087#comment-1059362 I'll supose the 'pill cam' would be disposable... Yikes. I’ll supose the ‘pill cam’ would be disposable… Yikes.

]]> By: Eliyahu http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/comment-page-1/#comment-1059354 Eliyahu Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5087#comment-1059354 The tiny negatives were enlarged to 2 inches... That wasn't the size of the tube or camera. More recently, an Israeli inventor developed a "pill cam" which can be swallowed, permitting photographs of the entire GI system from top to bottom before being passed by the patient. It's gradually replacing the fiberoptic tube used for endoscopies. The tiny negatives were enlarged to 2 inches… That wasn’t the size of the tube or camera. More recently, an Israeli inventor developed a “pill cam” which can be swallowed, permitting photographs of the entire GI system from top to bottom before being passed by the patient. It’s gradually replacing the fiberoptic tube used for endoscopies.

]]> By: John M. Hanna http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/comment-page-1/#comment-1059352 John M. Hanna Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:58:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5087#comment-1059352 It could be worse. The doctor might want to insert it in "the other end". It could be worse. The doctor might want to insert it in “the other end”.

]]> By: Erica http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/comment-page-1/#comment-1059344 Erica Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:52:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5087#comment-1059344 Wow... I imagine the air pump forcing the walls of the stomach away from the lenses would hurt as much as swallowing the camera! AND you have to get it back out after the pictures are taken... Nevertheless, amazing technology for 1934. It would be fascinating to see any pictures taken with this, or to learn whether it managed to catch any stomach disorders. Wow… I imagine the air pump forcing the walls of the stomach away from the lenses would hurt as much as swallowing the camera! AND you have to get it back out after the pictures are taken…

Nevertheless, amazing technology for 1934. It would be fascinating to see any pictures taken with this, or to learn whether it managed to catch any stomach disorders.

]]> By: akb427 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/11/swallows-new-camera-to-get-16-pictures-of-stomach/comment-page-1/#comment-1059338 akb427 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:24:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5087#comment-1059338 I fail to understand how a 2" steel cylinder could be swallowed "without discomfort", especially with a control plunger running back up the throat, and an air pump pressurizing the stomach. Maybe the swallowing is comfortable compared to the air pump? Perhaps their initial patient was a sword swallower? I fail to understand how a 2″ steel cylinder could be swallowed “without discomfort”, especially with a control plunger running back up the throat, and an air pump pressurizing the stomach. Maybe the swallowing is comfortable compared to the air pump? Perhaps their initial patient was a sword swallower?

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