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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Hidetake Segawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hironobu Takizawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hideyuki Adachi, Sagamihara, JP;
Takeshi Yokoi, Hino, JP;
Hidetake Segawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hironobu Takizawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hideyuki Adachi, Sagamihara, JP;
Takeshi Yokoi, Hino, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A capsulated body having a facility, which acquires biomedical information through endoscopic examination or the like, incorporated therein is inserted into a duct within a living body. Whether the capsulated body has halted for a certain period of time is detected from the time-varying position of the capsulated body or a time-passing change in an image. If it is judged that the capsulated body has halted at a stenosed region or the like, the fact is notified so that the capsulated body can be collected immediately.