The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has a capsule-type endoscope that can pass Europeran medical standards.
KIST developed the device in 2000 and sold it to medical venture firm IntroMedic.
IntroMedic will challenge Israeli, Japanese, Chinese and American makers.
The market for these tiny cameras is estimated to be $100 million this year and growing by more than 30% each year.
KIST's device differentiates itself by sending data from the capsule to a receiving device that is worn by the patient.
The device has a longer battery life and a smaller size than its competitors.
The camera is able to three frames per second at a resolution of 102, 400 pixels for 11 hours.
The endoscope is already being sold in:
1. Portugal,
2. Sweden
3. the Czech Republic, and
4. is wanted by buyers from some 20 other countries
The cameras are used:
1. to look inside the human body
2. diagnose diseas
3. spot hemorrhages
4. spot tumors
Would you like to swallow a camera or have one stuck up or down inside you?
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