Capsule type medical device

A capsule type medical device comprising:

• an information acquisition board section on which an information acquiring section configured to acquire in vivo information is disposed;
• a transmission board section on which a transmitting section configured to transmit the in vivo information as an information signal by radio is disposed;
• and
• a reception board section on which a receiving section configured to process an inputted external signal is disposed,
• the information acquisition board section, the transmission board section, and the reception board section being housed on an inside of a capsule type housing, which includes a cylindrical main body section and two semispherical end cover sections and has a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to a center axis of the housing, such that principal planes of the information acquisition board section, the transmission board section, and the reception board section are orthogonal to the center axis, wherein
• a coil wire of at least one of a transmission coil formed by a transmission coil wire for transmitting the information signal and a reception coil formed by a reception coil wire for receiving the external signal, respective principal planes of which are orthogonal to the center axis, is disposed on the end cover side of the housing.