ANTENNA UNIT AND RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS
First Claim
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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Abstract
An antenna unit includes a receiving antenna which receives in-vivo information of a subject transmitted from a capsule medical apparatus, a wireless-signal generator which receives the in-vivo information of the subject received by the receiving antenna and generates a wireless signal including the received in-vivo information, a power supply unit which supplies power for the wireless signal generator, an outer covering on which the receiving antenna, the wireless-signal generator, the transmitting antenna, and the power supply unit are mounted. The power supply unit is flexible and can be transformed easily according to transformation of the outer covering.
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19 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A receiving apparatus for a capsule medical apparatus, comprising:
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a flexible antenna apparatus including a flexible sheet and at least one receiving antenna for receiving a wireless signal transmitted from an external capsule medical apparatus, the receiving antenna being arranged in two dimensions; a sheet-shaped flexible receiving-apparatus main unit on which a demodulation circuit for converting the wireless signal received by the receiving antennas into a baseband signal is arranged; and a sheet-shaped flexible power apparatus for supplying power for the demodulation circuit, wherein the flexible antenna apparatus is arranged on at least front surfaces of the flexible antenna apparatus, the flexible receiving-apparatus main unit, and the flexible power apparatus, and these apparatuses are electrically connected with each other in a layer structure. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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