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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
May. 26, 2009
Toshiaki Shigemori, Hachioji, JP;
Tatsuya Orihara, Hachioji, JP;
Hidetake Segawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hironao Kawano, Machida, JP;
Ayako Nagase, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Shigemori, Hachioji, JP;
Tatsuya Orihara, Hachioji, JP;
Hidetake Segawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hironao Kawano, Machida, JP;
Ayako Nagase, Yokohama, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.