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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Hironao Kawano, Machida, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A guiding apparatus includes a magnetic field generation unit, a translation mechanism that translates the magnetic field generation unit relative to a subject, a rotation mechanism that rotates the magnetic field generation unit relative to the subject, an input unit that receives first and second information about operations for changing a position a posture of a capsule medical device, respectively and a control unit that controls the translation mechanism and the rotation mechanism on the basis of the first information and the second information such that the magnetic field generation unit is translated and rotated relative to the subject, wherein, when the input unit receives the second information, the control unit corrects a change in the position of the capsule medical device caused by the rotation of the magnetic field generation unit relative to the subject by translating the magnetic field generation unit relative to the subject.