Vivo device and method of using the same
AssigneeAnkon Medical Technologies (Shanghai) Co., LTD.
InventorsXiaodong Duan, Junjie Wang
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Abstract
The vibration capsule device includes a movement generation unit, a movement control unit, a wireless communication unit and a power supply. The movement control unit provides instructions to the movement generation unit, which generates movements in configurable frequencies and duty cycles. The power supply unit provides power to the movement generation unit through movement control unit, which also decides work period and rest period for the capsule device. The vibration capsule device further comprises a capsule movement detection unit, which comprises at least one sensor unit and provides information to the wireless communication unit.
Claims16
A vibration capsule device, comprising
- a movement generation unit, providing an internal drive to produce a vibration for the vibration capsule device, at a first frequency and a first duty cycle;
- a movement control unit, sending operable instructions to the movement generation unit to vibrate the vibration capsule device at the first frequency and the first duty cycle;
- a power supply to provide power to the movement control unit and movement generation unit;
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- a capsule movement detection unit including a plurality of sensors disposed at different parts of the vibration capsule device, and configured to detect and monitor vibration of the different parts of the vibration capsule device in real time, the plurality of sensors comprise an accelerometer, pressure sensor, temperature sensor, and magnetic field sensor configured to detect and monitor vibration related parameters from different parts of the vibration capsule device, including acceleration measurement, temperature measurement, pressure measurement, and ground magnetic field measurement, wherein the acceleration, temperature, pressure, and ground magnetic field measurements are configured to provide quantitative feedback regarding a vibration level of the vibration capsule device;
- a wireless communication unit, which sends out capsule movement data, detected by the capsule movement detection unit, which comprises the vibration related parameters from different parts of the vibration capsule device, including acceleration, temperature, pressure and ground magnetic field, to an external device and receives feedback from the external device to change or maintain vibration parameters, and
- wherein the vibration related parameters are configured to provide vibration profile in real time to a patient;
- a capsule gastrointestinal (GI) tract location detection unit configured to detect a current location of the vibration device and send data of the current location of the vibration capsule device that was detected to either the wireless communication unit or the movement control unit, and wherein the vibration level is further adjusted based on the data of the current location of the capsule device that was detected by the capsule GI tract location detection unit.
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