Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080281160 | CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a capsule-type medical apparatus and a method of manufacturing a capsule-type medical apparatus which can prevent a contact between a burr formed on an optical dome which is a part of a capsule-like casing and a living body in a subject. The capsule-type medical apparatus has a capsule-like casing which can be introduced inside the subject. The casing is configured with optically transparent optical domes and a cylindrical trunk member having an outer diameter dimension larger than an outer diameter dimension of the optical domes. The cylindrical trunk member is fitted onto an outer circumferential surface of the optical domes so as to cover each of the optical domes up to a portion near the burr formed thereon. The cylindrical trunk member has a step higher than the burr so as to prevent a contact between the burr and a living body in the subject. | 11-13-2008 |
20080300453 | INTRA-SUBJECT OBSERVATION SYSTEM AND INTRA-SUBJECT OBSERVATION METHOD - An intra-subject observation system includes a first liquid inserted into a desired organ of a subject; and a second liquid inserted into the organ without being mixed with the first liquid due to a specific gravity lighter than that of the first liquid. The system also includes a capsule medical apparatus inserted into the organ with an intermediate specific gravity between the specific gravity of the first liquid and that of the second liquid to acquire intra-subject information, which is output out of the subject by radio. | 12-04-2008 |
20090018398 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope has a solid image sensor introduced into a subject for picking up an image in the subject. The capsule endoscope includes a light-emitting unit for emitting illumination light for illuminating a view field of the solid image sensor; a lens frame for holding a lens to focus an image in the subject on a light-receiving surface of the solid image sensor, the lens frame having an upper end portion located at a position lower than an upper surface of the light-emitting unit; and a shield unit for shielding, from the illumination light, at least a partial area of the upper end portion of the lens frame which receives the illumination light. | 01-15-2009 |
20090118576 | Portable medical apparatus storage holder and capsule endoscope medical care system - An object of the invention is to eliminate unstable behavior of a drawn cable connected to a portable medical apparatus, which is of a storage target, to prevent cable jam or looseness and cable disconnection. A bundling member ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090171149 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope includes a capsule casing and interior components housed therein whose total specific gravity is set such that the capsule casing floats in liquid introduced into a subject. The capsule endoscope also includes a gravity center position setting unit that sets a position of center of gravity of the capsule casing at a decentered position so that the capsule casing is stabilized in the liquid introduced into the subject without rotating except for rotation about an axis in a direction of the center of gravity; and an imager that takes an in-vivo image in a body cavity with an imaging field being set so that a surface of the liquid is out of view when the capsule casing floats in the liquid introduced into the subject in a stabilized posture. | 07-02-2009 |
20090192353 | Power supply starter for capsule endoscope - A power supply starter ( | 07-30-2009 |
20090198101 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope includes a capsule body to be introduced into a subject; and a center-of-gravity setting unit for setting a center of gravity so as to maintain a posture of the capsule body relative to a direction of gravity constant. The capsule endoscope also includes an imaging unit arranged in the capsule body such that an imaging field having an optical axis in an oblique direction pointing upward from a horizontal direction is formed with a posture of the capsule body maintained constant relative to the direction of gravity, for imaging a body cavity image. | 08-06-2009 |
20090299144 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope includes a capsule-shaped casing and an imaging unit for taking an image of an inside of an organ in a state where the capsule endoscope is floating in liquid introduced inside the organ of a subject. Specific gravity of the capsule endoscope to the introduced liquid is ρ; a plane divides the capsule endoscope such that a volume ratio is to be ρ:1−ρ. A straight line that connects a center of volume of a portion whose volume ratio is ρ and a center of gravity of the capsule endoscope is substantially perpendicular to the plane. The center of gravity is present at a position farther distant from the plane than the center of volume. A surface of a boundary of a field of view that forms an angle of view of the imaging unit and the plane do not intersect outside the capsule endoscope. | 12-03-2009 |
20090318762 | MAGNETICALLY GUIDING SYSTEM AND MAGNETICALLY GUIDING METHOD - A magnetically guiding system includes: a capsule medical device that has a magnet provided therein; an information acquiring unit that acquires physical information about magnetic guiding of the capsule medical device; a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field for magnetically guiding the capsule medical device; and a control unit that sets a magnetic field condition based on the physical information acquired by the information acquiring unit and controls the magnetic field generating unit to generate a magnetic field corresponding to the magnetic field condition. | 12-24-2009 |
20100016667 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a capsule medical device includes mounting one or more functional components on each of a first circuit board group and a second circuit board group, which are separate bodies from each other; mounting a control unit that controls an operation of the one or more functional components, on a control board that is a separate body from the first circuit board group and the second circuit board group; and connecting the first circuit board group and the second circuit board group to the control board. | 01-21-2010 |
20100016670 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE - A capsule medical device introduced into a subject includes an illuminating unit that illuminates inside of the subject; an imaging unit that captures an image of inside the subject illuminated by the illuminating unit; an optical unit including a lens group that forms the image of inside the subject illuminated by the illuminating unit onto a light receiving surface of the imaging unit and a lens frame for holding the lens group; and an illuminating board having a bending part extending to a part of an outer circumference and an opening part capable of inserting the lens frame thereinto formed thereon, and having the illuminating unit mounted thereon. At least one of the opening part and the lens frame has a shape capable of avoiding a contact between the illuminating board, which turns while bending the bending part, and an upper end of the lens frame. | 01-21-2010 |
20100016672 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE - A capsule medical device includes an optically transparent optical dome forming a part of a capsule casing introduced into a subject; an illuminating board having an illuminating unit that illuminates inside the subject over the optical dome fixedly arranged thereon; an optical unit that forms an image of inside the subject illuminated by the illuminating unit; an imaging unit that is fixedly arranged with respect to the optical unit and captures images of inside the subject; and a positioning unit in which the illuminating board and the optical unit are fixedly arranged, which is fitted and fixed to an inner circumference of the optical dome to determine relative positions of the illuminating board and the optical unit with respect to the optical dome. | 01-21-2010 |
20100030025 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE - A capsule medical device includes a capsule casing that contains an illumination board, an imaging board, a transmission board, and a control board on which functional components are mounted, and a sheet-like battery that supplies power to the functional components. The sheet-like battery is rolled up to be a pole shape and located between cutout parts of the imaging board, the transmission board, and the control board and the inner wall of the capsule casing. | 02-04-2010 |
20100061588 | FLOATATION-VOLUME ADEQUACY DETERMINING SYSTEM AND FLOATATION-VOLUME ADEQUACY DETERMINING METHOD - A floatation-volume adequacy determining system including a receiving unit; an image processing unit; an adequacy determining unit; and a display unit. The receiving unit receives an actual image that is taken by a capsule medical apparatus that is floating in a liquid in the direction toward the liquid level. The image processing unit generates a determination reference image that represents an adequate range of a floatation volume of the capsule medical apparatus adjusted to the actual image that is taken by the capsule medical apparatus. An adequacy determining unit compares the determination reference image and the actual image with each other and determines whether the floatation volume of the capsule medical apparatus is adequate. The display unit displays a result of determining whether the floatation volume of the capsule medical apparatus is adequate. | 03-11-2010 |
20100076258 | CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS - A capsule medical apparatus includes a plurality of rigid boards on which functional members are mounted; and a plurality of board-separation keeping units that sandwich the rigid boards to keep the rigid boards separated. | 03-25-2010 |
20100324367 | CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A capsule medical apparatus is provided with a plurality of rigid boards which are connected in line via a flexible board; and molded bodies. The molded bodies are formed in a manner of covering functional components mounted on the respective rigid boards. The molded bodies keep an inter-board interval between the rigid boards by intervening between facing rigid boards. The molded bodies keep an inter-board interval between the rigid boards by intervening between facing rigid boards. | 12-23-2010 |
20110098534 | CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS WITH PROJECTIONS AND BODY-CAVITY OBSERVATION METHOD - 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. | 04-28-2011 |
20110180197 | MEDICAL CAPSULE HOUSING FORMED BY THERMAL WELDING - A capsule-type medical apparatus includes a distal-end cover which is formed in a substantially hemispherical dome shape, the distal-end cover having an open bonding end portion; a drum portion cover which is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the drum portion cover having an open bonding end portion; a function executing unit which executes a predetermined preset function, the function executing unit being accommodated in the drum portion cover; and an electric storage unit which accumulates drive electric power for driving the function executing unit, wherein the bonding end portion of the distal-end cover and the bonding end portion of the drum portion cover are subjected to a surface treatment, the bonding end portion of the distal-end cover and the bonding end portion of the drum portion cover are bonded after the surface treatment to form an outer casing which has a capsule shape insertable into a test subject and which seals an inside in a liquid tight manner. | 07-28-2011 |
20120022342 | CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS - A capsule medical apparatus includes a capsule-shaped casing; a plurality of function executing units that are housed in the casing and execute predetermined functions; an adjuster that is formed as a separate unit from the function executing units to adjust a value of a physical parameter which determines a density of the casing in which the plurality of function executing units are housed to a target value set in advance; and a supporter that supports the adjuster in the casing. | 01-26-2012 |
20120080351 | PACKAGE FOR CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE - A package for a capsule medical device includes dome-shaped parts provided at two ends, a body locating between the two ends, and a plurality of retainers that are arranged at predetermined intervals so that a space in which the body of the capsule medical device is exposed to allow a grasp is formed and retain the body of the capsule medical device in a manner of allowing the capsule medical device to be taken out from the package. | 04-05-2012 |
20120226092 | INTRA-SUBJECT MEDICAL SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING BODY-INSERTABLE APPARATUS AND OPERATIVE TREATMENT - Provided is an intra-subject medical system which includes a body-insertable device and a physical quantity generator. The body-insertable device is to be introduced into a subject, is covered by a capsule-shaped exterior member, and includes a physical quantity detecting member which has a directivity to detect a predetermined physical quantity; at least one functional member which has a necessary function for examining or treating inside the subject; and a switch control unit which controls an on/off states or operation mode of the at least one functional member when the physical quantity detecting member detects a physical quantity. The physical quantity generator has a physical quantity emitting unit which emits a temporary physical quantity inside the subject; and a physical quantity direction changing unit which changes an emission direction of the physical quantity. | 09-06-2012 |
20120265015 | BODY-INSERTABLE DEVICE SYSTEM AND IN-VIVO OBSERVATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope | 10-18-2012 |
20120296165 | CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A capsule medical apparatus includes: a casing having a capsule shape; first and second boards in at least one of which an imaging element is provided and which are connected by a flexible board; a first board retaining member that retains the first board; a second board retaining member that retains the second board; and a battery arranged between the first and the second board retaining members. The first and the second board retaining members and the battery are housed in an inside of the casing in a state where the battery is put between the first and the second board retaining members which retain the first and the second boards, respectively. A groove part in which the flexible board is arranged is formed on an inner wall of the casing. | 11-22-2012 |
20130018225 | MAGNETICALLY GUIDING SYSTEM AND MAGNETICALLY GUIDING METHOD - A magnetically guiding system includes: a capsule medical device that has a magnet provided therein; an information acquiring unit that acquires physical information about magnetic guiding of the capsule medical device; a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field for magnetically guiding the capsule medical device; and a control unit that sets a magnetic field condition based on the physical information acquired by the information acquiring unit and controls the magnetic field generating unit to generate a magnetic field corresponding to the magnetic field condition. | 01-17-2013 |
20130060101 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE - A capsule casing of a capsule medical device has a chemical sensor inside, used for sensing operation. The chemical sensor has a recovery device which resets the chemical sensor to an initial state thereof so as to use the chemical sensor for the sensing operation a plurality of times or continuously. | 03-07-2013 |
20130102845 | CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a capsule-type medical apparatus and a method of manufacturing a capsule-type medical apparatus which can prevent a contact between a burr formed on an optical dome which is a part of a capsule-like casing and a living body in a subject. The capsule-type medical apparatus has a capsule-like casing which can be introduced inside the subject. The casing is configured with optically transparent optical domes and a cylindrical trunk member having an outer diameter dimension larger than an outer diameter dimension of the optical domes. The cylindrical trunk member is fitted onto an outer circumferential surface of the optical domes so as to cover each of the optical domes up to a portion near the burr formed thereon. The cylindrical trunk member has a step higher than the burr so as to prevent a contact between the burr and a living body in the subject. | 04-25-2013 |
20130197305 | MAGNETICALLY GUIDING SYSTEM AND MAGNETICALLY GUIDING METHOD - A magnetically guiding system includes: a capsule medical device that has a magnet provided therein; an information acquiring unit that acquires physical information about magnetic guiding of the capsule medical device; a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field for magnetically guiding the capsule medical device; and a control unit that sets a magnetic field condition based on the physical information acquired by the information acquiring unit and controls the magnetic field generating unit to generate a magnetic field corresponding to the magnetic field condition. | 08-01-2013 |
20140296634 | BODY-INSERTABLE DEVICE SYSTEM AND IN-VIVO OBSERVATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope | 10-02-2014 |
20150057497 | ACTIVATION DEVICE - An activation device activates a capsule medical device that has a first coil inside and is activated when voltage not less than a first specified value or current not less than a second specified value is generated in the first coil. The activation device includes: a case; a second coil that is provided in the case and is configured to generate a magnetic field when current flows through the second coil; and a guide portion for guiding to a position that is located outside the case and that is a position of the capsule medical device where the capsule medical device can be activated based on the magnetic field generated by the second coil. The capsule medical device is housed at a specified position in a specified posture in a container having a specified shape. The case has a placement surface on which the container is configured to be placed. | 02-26-2015 |