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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Noriyuki Fujimori, Nagano, JP;
Koichi Shiotani, Nagano, JP;
Noriyuki Fujimori, Nagano, JP;
Koichi Shiotani, Nagano, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to readily initiate an operation of a capsule medical apparatus which is inserted into a subject and executes a predetermined function. In a capsule endoscopeaccording to the present invention, a reed switchconnected to a power supply unit and a function executing unit is arranged parallel to a direction of a longitudinal axis t of a capsule-like casingin the substantially cylindrical capsule-like casingof the capsule endoscope. A pair of movable electrodes of the reed switchoperates according to magnetic induction of a magnetic field of a magnetapplied substantially parallel to the direction t of the longitudinal axis of the capsule-like casing, and come into contact with each other. As a result, power supply from the power supply unit to the function executing unit is allowed.