Device and method for retrieving medical capsule
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsHironobu Takizawa, Takeshi Yokoi
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A medical capsule is taken into the human body to collect biomedical information about the human body. When the medical capsule is discharged from within the human body, a medical capsule retrieval device detects the medical capsule using a magnet or a sensor, and catches the medical capsule with a net.
Claims43
A medical capsule retrieval device comprising at least one of a detector for detecting a medical capsule discharged from within the human body, and a catch unit for catching the medical capsule.
A medical capsule retrieval device comprising a detector for detecting a medical capsule discharged from within the human body, and an alerting unit for alerting to the detection of the medical capsule.
A medical capsule retrieval device comprising a detector for detecting a medical capsule discharged from within the human body, and/or a catch unit for catching the medical capsule, and a washing unit for washing the discharged medical capsule.
A retrieval method for retrieving a medical capsule, comprising a step of catching the medical capsule discharged from within the human body using a catch unit.
A retrieval method for retrieving a medical capsule, comprising a step of detecting the medical capsule discharged from within the human body using a detector, and a step of alerting to the detection of the medical capsule using an alerting unit.
A medical capsule retrieval device, attached to a toilet bowl or a toilet bowl dedicated to a capsule retrieval for use, comprising a medical capsule containing a member including one of a metal and a magnet to which an automatic sensing device responds, the automatic sensing device for sensing the member, and an automatic washing unit and/or an alerting unit.
A capsule retrieval and washing device comprising:
- a medical capsule containing a metal member, and a retrieval unit with a washing function, attached to a toilet bowl or a toilet bowl dedicated to a capsule retrieval for use, and having a retrieval net and a metal detector, and an alerting unit that automatically alerts to the discharging of the medical capsule, wherein the metal detector automatically detects whether or not a metal is contained in an excrement, and the medical capsule and the retrieval net are automatically washed together when the metal detector responds to the metal.
A capsule retrieval and washing method for a capsule retrieval and washing device comprising a medical capsule containing a metal member, and a retrieval unit with a washing function, attached to a toilet bowl or a toilet bowl dedicated to a capsule retrieval for use, and having a retrieval net and a metal detector, the capsule retrieval and washing method comprising the steps of:
- automatically detecting whether a metal is contained in an excrement, automatically washing the medical capsule and the retrieval net together if the metal detector detects the presence of a metal in the excrement, and automatically alerting to the discharging of the medical capsule from within the human body.
A capsule retrieval and washing device comprising:
- a medical capsule containing a magnet, and a retrieval unit with a washing function, attached to a toilet bowl dedicated to a capsule retrieval for use or a toilet bowl, and having a retrieval net and a magnetic sensor, and an alerting unit that automatically alerts to the discharging of the medical capsule, wherein the magnetic sensor automatically detects whether or not a magnet is contained in an excrement, and the medical capsule and the retrieval net are automatically washed together when the magnetic sensor responds to the magnet.
A capsule retrieval and washing method for a capsule retrieval and washing device comprising a medical capsule containing a magnet, and a retrieval unit with a washing function, attached to a toilet bowl dedicated to a capsule retrieval for use or a toilet bowl, and having a retrieval net and a magnetic sensor, the capsule retrieval and washing method comprising the steps of:
- automatically detecting whether the magnet is contained in an excrement, automatically washing the medical capsule and the retrieval net together if the magnetic sensor responds to the presence of the magnet in the excrement, and automatically alerting to the discharging of the medical capsule from within the human body.
A medical capsule retrieval device comprising a receiver for receiving a signal emitted from a medical capsule discharged from within the human body.
A medical capsule retrieval device comprising a medical capsule containing a signal transmitter, a detector that detects that medical capsule is discharged from within the human body, and a signal receiver that receives a signal from the signal transmitter.
A medical capsule retrieval method comprising a step for detecting, with a detector, that a medical capsule containing a signal transmitter is discharged from within the human body, and a step for receiving a signal from the signal transmitter with a signal receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.