Small bowel (SB) video capsule endoscopy

The SB video capsule is designed specifically to help your doctor see inside your small bowel (small intestine) to diagnose disorders such as Crohn’s disease, Celiac disease, benign and cancerous tumours, ulcerative colitis and causes of anaemia, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, as well as other disorders. The small intestine is the part of the gastrointestinal tract that connects the stomach to the large intestine and absorbs nutrients.  

The small intestine VCE measures 11 mm x 26 mm and weighs less than 4 grams. It contains an imaging device and light-source on one-side and transmits images at a rate of two images per second for approximately eight hours, resulting in more than 50,000 images.