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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
In-vivo information acquiring system and method for controlling in-vivo information acquiring system
Ken Sato, Nagano, JP;
Fukashi Yoshizawa, Ina, JP;
Ken Sato, Nagano, JP;
Fukashi Yoshizawa, Ina, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A capsule endoscope system provided with a magnetic field generating apparatus including an input section for inputting identification information A and a magnetic field generating section that generates a magnetic field signal that controls a capsule endoscope, and the capsule endoscope including an in-vivo information acquiring section, a battery, a magnetic field receiving section, a storage section that stores identification information B, a control section and a comparing section that compares the identification information A with the identification information B and judges whether both pieces of information are the same or different, wherein when the judgment by the comparing section is a judgment that both pieces of information are the same, the control section supplies or shuts off power from the battery to the in-vivo information acquiring section.