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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
Hironobu Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Uchiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hironao Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yokoi, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Homan, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Uchiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hironao Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yokoi, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Homan, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A capsule type medical device is of a type of a capsule type medical device that is introduced inside the living body to gather in-vivo information, and comprises a capsule shaped casing; an in-vivo information acquisition device for acquiring the in-vivo information; a communication device for sending the in-vivo information acquired by the in-vivo information acquisition device to outside of the living body by wireless; at least one pair of first electrodes provided in a vicinity of one end along an axis of the casing for giving electric stimulation to body tissue in the living body; a first current control device for sending current to the first electrodes; and an interelectrode distance variation device for changing a distance between the electrodes.