Body-insertable device system and body-insertable device guiding method
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsHironao Kawano, Hironobu Takizawa
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AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsHironao Kawano, Hironobu Takizawa
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An object of the present invention is that the examiner easily picks up a series of images over a desired region in a desired digestive tract without such troublesome examination work that the examiner successively knows the imaging field to the inside of the digestive tract. A body-insertable device system of the invention includes a capsule endoscope 1, a permanent magnet 3, and a position display sheet 2. In the capsule endoscope 1, a imaging unit for picking up the images of the insides of an subject 100, and a magnet are contained in a casing. The capsule endoscope sends a radio signal containing information of the images of the insides of the subject 100 to outside the capsule endoscope. The permanent magnet 3 generates a magnetic field for application to the capsule endoscope 1 in liquid Lq1 having been introduced into the subject 100 and changes at least one of a position and a posture of the capsule endoscope 1 by the magnetic field. The position display sheet 2 visually presents an approaching position of the subject 100 that the permanent magnet 3 approaches to generate a magnetic field.
A body-insertable device system comprising:
A method for guiding a body-insertable device comprising an imaging unit for picking up images of the inside of a subject, and a magnet, and is guided by a magnetic field, the method comprising:
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