Gavriel Iddan

Gavriel Iddan is an Israeli electro-optical engineer and the inventor of wireless [capsule endoscopy]. Initially at RAFAEL Armament Development Authority working on guided missile technology, Iddan got the idea for an endoscopic capsule while on sabbatical in Boston from a neighbour of his, an Israeli gastroenterologist suffering from undiagnosed stomach pain. After working on the idea for almost twenty years, he successfully created a prototype in 1998 - a disposable pill-sized camera that passes straight through the digestive tract, continuously broadcasting to an external receiver. Iddan's invention was approved by the Food and [Drug Administration|FDA] in 2001. In 2011 he became a European Inventor Award nominee.
Iddan was born in October 1941 in Haifa, Israel. he is married and has 3 sons and 7 grand sons. One of his sons is Roy Iddan, an Israeli writer and media personality.