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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Akio Uchiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Chiba, Tokyo, JP;
Hironao Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical guidance system and a control method of a medical device are provided, which may increase the drive force of a medical device and improve controllability thereof. The medical guidance system has a medical device that includes a biologic information acquisition unit that acquires biologic information of the inside of a body cavity and a magnet that generates drive force in response to a magnetic field exerted from the outside of a body, a magnetic field generation unitthat generates the magnetic field to be exerted on the magnet from the outside of a body, and a displacement detection unitthat detects displacement being an angle formed between the magnetization direction of the magnet and the field direction of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generation unitat the position of the medical device; wherein the magnetic field generation unitis controlled based on the displacement.