COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR CAPSULE TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS, CAPSULE TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECEIVER
First Claim
1. A capsule type medical apparatus, comprising, in a container which is introduced to within a living body:
- 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.
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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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28 Claims
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1. 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 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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28. A medical communication method comprising:
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acquiring information about an inside of the living body;
transmitting the information which has been acquired to an outside of the living body;
detecting another information which specifies a location and a direction in the living body at the time when the information is acquired;
estimating the state of communication between the inside and the outside of the living body based upon the another information which has been detected; and
controlling a signal transmission of the information based upon a result of the state of communication which has been estimated.
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