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Detecting system of position and posture of capsule medical device

  • US 20050216231A1
  • Filed: 03/03/2005
  • Published: 09/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A detecting system of the position and the posture of a capsule medical device comprising:

  • a main body of the capsule medical device that is inserted in a living body;

    a coil in the capsule that is arranged to the main body of the capsule medical device and forms a resonant circuit;

    magnetic field generating means that is arranged around the living body and generates the Alternating magnetic field for generating the induced magnetic field in the coil in the capsule; and

    a plurality of magnetic field detecting means that detect the strength of an induced magnetic field generated by the coil in the capsule by the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating means.

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