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ANTENNA UNIT AND RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS

  • US 20090253960A1
  • Filed: 04/03/2009
  • Published: 10/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An antenna unit, arranged on a subject (1) into which a capsule medical apparatus is introduced, for relaying in-vivo information of the subject obtained by the capsule medical apparatus to a receiving apparatus located outside, the antenna unit comprising:

  • a receiving antenna for receiving the in-vivo information of the subject transmitted from the capsule medical apparatus;

    a wireless-signal generator for receiving the in-vivo information of the subject received by the receiving antenna, and generating a wireless signal including the received in-vivo information;

    a transmitting antenna for transmitting the wireless signal generated by the wireless-signal generator to the receiving apparatus located outside;

    a power supply unit for supplying power for the wireless-signal generator; and

    a flexible outer covering where the receiving antenna, the wireless-signal generator, the transmitting antenna, and the power supply unit are mounted, the power supply unit being flexible so that the power supply unit can be transformed according to transformation of the outer covering.

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