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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Hidetake Segawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hidetake Segawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a capsule medical apparatus including a capsule body, a control member, and an observing member. The capsule body is to be introduced into a lumen of a subject. The control member controls a movement of the capsule body in the lumen by a flow of a fluid introduced in the lumen. The observing member is fixed inside the capsule body and observes a direction of the flow of the fluid and a direction different from the flow of the fluid according to the movement of the capsule body.