Karl Storz-gmbh & Co. Kg

Bert Lenaerts

Klaus M Irion

Arianna Menciassi

Fritz Hensler

Robert Puers

Alberto Arena

Heinz-Gerhard Graf

Christine Harendt

Vassilis Kodogiannis

David Turgis

The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe (), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe () being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing () and an image pickup unit () inside the housing () that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe (). The image pickup unit () is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing () in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG.).

Intracorporeal videocapsule with swiveling image pickup

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Kortessem, Belgium

Bert Lenaerts