CAPSULE TYPE ENDOSCOPE AND MEDICAL SYSTEM WITHIN SUBJECT USING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a capsule type endoscope and a medical system performed within a subject's body, which can obtain a desired image all over the interior of an internal organ, even if it includes wide spaces.;SOLUTION: In a capsule type endoscope 2, a string 3 is attached to the endoscope 2 at one end, and to a mouthpiece 4 outside a subject 1 at the other end. A winder 10 is provided to pay out or wind up the string 3 from or into the body of capsule type endoscope 2. Also provided is a magnet 13 that is connected to the winder 10 and rotates in an external rotation magnetic field. The winder 10 pays out or winds up the string 3 as the magnet 13 rotates. This moves the capsule type endoscope 2 without moving the string 3.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT