Communication system for capsule type medical apparatus capsule type medical apparatus, and information receiver
First Claim
1. A capsule type medical apparatus communication system, comprising a capsule type medical apparatus which transmits information relating to the body of an examinee from within the body of the examinee to outside it, and an information receiver which is disposed externally to the body of the examinee and which receives the information, wherein:
- the capsule type medical apparatus transmits towards the information receiver a communication confirmation signal which confirms the state of communication with the information receiver;
the information receiver, when it has received the communication confirmation signal, transmits a communication authorization signal which authorizes the capsule type medical apparatus to perform communication;
and the capsule type medical apparatus comprises a communication control means which transmits the information when it has received the communication authorization signal.
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Abstract
A capsule type medical apparatus communication system of the present invention includes a capsule type medical apparatus and an information receiver, and the capsule type medical apparatus transmits towards the information receiver a communication confirmation signal which confirms the state of communication with the information receiver, while the information receiver, when it has received the communication confirmation signal, transmits a communication authorization signal which authorizes the capsule type medical apparatus to perform communication; and the capsule type medical apparatus includes a communication control device which transmits the information when it has received the communication authorization signal.
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22 Claims
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1. A capsule type medical apparatus communication system, comprising a capsule type medical apparatus which transmits information relating to the body of an examinee from within the body of the examinee to outside it, and an information receiver which is disposed externally to the body of the examinee and which receives the information, wherein:
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the capsule type medical apparatus transmits towards the information receiver a communication confirmation signal which confirms the state of communication with the information receiver;
the information receiver, when it has received the communication confirmation signal, transmits a communication authorization signal which authorizes the capsule type medical apparatus to perform communication;
and the capsule type medical apparatus comprises a communication control means which transmits the information when it has received the communication authorization signal. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A capsule type medical apparatus, comprising:
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an acquisition means which acquires information about the body of an examinee;
a signal transmission means which transmits, towards an information receiver which is disposed externally to the body of the examinee, the information which has been acquired, and a communication confirmation signal which confirms the state of communication with the information receiver;
a signal reception means which, if the communication confirmation signal has been received, receives a wireless signal which has been transmitted from the information receiver which includes at least a communication authorization signal; and
a communication control means which makes a decision as to whether or not to transmit the information, based upon the state of reception of the communication authorization signal. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. An information receiver, comprising:
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a signal reception means which receives, from a capsule type medical apparatus within the body of an examinee, information about the body of the examinee which has been transmitted, and a communication confirmation signal which confirms the state of communication with the capsule type medical apparatus;
a recording section which records the information which has been received;
a communication authorization signal creation section which, when the signal reception means has received the communication confirmation signal, creates a communication authorization signal which authorizes the capsule type medical apparatus to transmit the information; and
a communication authorization signal transmission means which transmits the communication authorization signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A capsule type medical apparatus, comprising, in a container which is introduced to within a living body:
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an acquisition means which acquires information about the interior of the living body;
a signal transmission means which transmits the information which has been acquired by the acquisition means to outside the living body;
a sensor which detects information which specifies the position and/or the attitude of the container within the living body;
an inference means which infers the state of communication with outside the living body based upon the information which has been detected by the sensor; and
a signal transmission control means which controls the signal transmission means, based upon the results of inference by this inference means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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