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US 2008/0188710 A1Published application
Capsule medical apparatus and body-cavity observation method
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsHidetake Segawa, Hironobu Takizawa
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Abstract
Provided is a capsule medical apparatus including a capsule body, a control member, and an observing member. The capsule body is to be introduced into a lumen of a subject. The control member controls a movement of the capsule body in the lumen by a flow of a fluid introduced in the lumen. The observing member is fixed inside the capsule body and observes a direction of the flow of the fluid and a direction different from the flow of the fluid according to the movement of the capsule body.
Claims22
A capsule medical apparatus comprising:
- a capsule body to be introduced into a lumen of a subject;
- a control member controlling a movement of the capsule body in the lumen by a flow of a fluid introduced in the lumen;
- and
- an observing member fixed inside the capsule body and observing a direction of the flow of the fluid and a direction different from the flow of the fluid according to the movement of the capsule body.
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A body-cavity observation method, comprising the steps of:
- ingesting a capsule medical apparatus;
- ingesting a fluid having a specific gravity which is substantially same as that of the capsule medical apparatus;
- controlling the capsule medical apparatus movement in a lumen, by a flow of the fluid;
- observing, by the capsule medical apparatus, a direction of the flow of the fluid;
- and
- observing, by the capsule medical apparatus, a direction different from the direction of the flow of the fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.