Medical apparatus guiding system
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1. A medical apparatus guiding system comprising:
- a medical apparatus having a medical apparatus main body inserted in the body cavity and a thrust generating mechanism arranged to the medical apparatus main body;
an information providing unit comprising at least one of a storing unit for storing a state of the thrust generating mechanism and a direction detecting unit for detecting the direction of the medical apparatus main body;
an input unit which instructs a thrust generating direction of the thrust generating mechanism; and
a control unit which changes a thrust generating state of the thrust generating mechanism based on information from the information providing unit.
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Abstract
A medical apparatus main body such as a capsule main body inserted in the body cavity includes a thrust generating mechanism such as a spiral projection. The medical apparatus main body further forms an information providing unit comprising at least one of a storing unit for storing a state of the thrust generating mechanism and a direction detecting unit for detecting the direction of the medical apparatus main body. An input unit instructs a thrust generating direction of the thrust generating mechanism and thus a control unit changes continuously or the like a thrust generating state of the thrust generating mechanism based on information from the information providing unit.
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1. A medical apparatus guiding system comprising:
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a medical apparatus having a medical apparatus main body inserted in the body cavity and a thrust generating mechanism arranged to the medical apparatus main body;
an information providing unit comprising at least one of a storing unit for storing a state of the thrust generating mechanism and a direction detecting unit for detecting the direction of the medical apparatus main body;
an input unit which instructs a thrust generating direction of the thrust generating mechanism; and
a control unit which changes a thrust generating state of the thrust generating mechanism based on information from the information providing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A control method of a medical apparatus guiding system comprising:
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a step of reading an instructing signal in a thrust generating direction;
a step of obtaining a control signal of a thrust generating mechanism until an arbitrary time;
a step of writing, to a storing unit, a state of the thrust generating mechanism after the arbitrary time; and
a step of transmitting the control signal to the thrust generating mechanism and driving the thrust generating mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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