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AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Yokoi, Hironobu Takizawa, Hidetake Segawa, Hideyuki Adachi
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An encapsulated medical device includes a radio antenna through which the encapsulated medical device transmits or receives a radio wave to or from an extracorporeal device. The encapsulated medical device is passed through the lumen of a body cavity in order to examine, cure, or treat an internal region of the body cavity under the control of the extracorporeal device. A capsule body included in the encapsulated medical device has an extended portion formed at an upper end of one axis of a cross section of the capsule body cut at right angle to the longitudinal axis thereof. The capsule body has a linkage hole bored in the extended portion thereof to allow a fluid such as a gas or humor to flow into forward and backward parts of the lumen through the hole.
An encapsulated medical device comprising:
A method of examining or treating an internal region of a body cavity using an encapsulated medical device that includes a capsule body and fluid passage forming means for forming a fluid passage that links the forward and backward parts of the lumen of the body cavity when said capsule body comes into close contact with the internal surface of the body cavity to block the lumen thereof.
A method of examining or treating an internal region of a body cavity using an encapsulated medical device, wherein said encapsulated medical device includes a capsule body and fluid passage forming means that forms a fluid passage which links the forward and backward parts of the lumen of the body cavity when said capsule body comes into close contact with the internal surface of the body cavity to block the lumen thereof.
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