On Monday U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave clearance for a pill to provide visualization of the colon that has a global market of 3 million procedures a year, Fox News reports.

Camera-in-a-pill, called the PillCam Colon, may be used for detection of colon polyps in patients after an incomplete optical colonoscopy, the Israeli medical device maker Given Imaging said.

There are 750,000 patients in the United States alone who experience an incomplete colonoscopy each year, Given Imaging said, and they often incur additional costs, along with the inconvenience and risk associated with other procedures to complete the colorectal examination.

Given Imaging is a developer of technology for visualizing, diagnosing and monitoring the digestive system, including its PillCam.