Capsulated medical equipment
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1. A capsulated medical equipment comprising:
- a capsulated body that is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct in the living body and that includes a biomedical information detection unit for detecting biomedical information, said biomedical information detection unit having an imaging unit comprising an objective and an imaging device;
a position detection unit that detects the position of said capsulated body; and
a sensing unit for sensing whether said capsulated body has halted in the duct for a certain period of time, said sensing unit having an arithmetic circuit that performs arithmetic operations to calculate a change in position information, and a judgment circuit that judges from an output of said arithmetic circuit whether said capsulated body is at a halt.
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Abstract
A capsulated body having a facility, which acquires biomedical information through endoscopic examination or the like, incorporated therein is inserted into a duct within a living body. Whether the capsulated body has halted for a certain period of time is detected from the time-varying position of the capsulated body or a time-passing change in an image. If it is judged that the capsulated body has halted at a stenosed region or the like, the fact is notified so that the capsulated body can be collected immediately.
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22 Claims
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1. A capsulated medical equipment comprising:
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a capsulated body that is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct in the living body and that includes a biomedical information detection unit for detecting biomedical information, said biomedical information detection unit having an imaging unit comprising an objective and an imaging device; a position detection unit that detects the position of said capsulated body; and a sensing unit for sensing whether said capsulated body has halted in the duct for a certain period of time, said sensing unit having an arithmetic circuit that performs arithmetic operations to calculate a change in position information, and a judgment circuit that judges from an output of said arithmetic circuit whether said capsulated body is at a halt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A capsulated medical equipment comprising:
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a capsulated body that is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct in the living body and that includes a biomedical information detection unit for detecting biomedical information; a sensing unit for sensing whether said capsulated body has halted in the duct for a certain period of time; and a vibration unit that when said sensing unit senses that said capsulated body has halted for a certain period of time, said vibration unit vibrates said capsulated body. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A capsulated medical system comprising:
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a capsulated body that is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct within the living body and that includes a biomedical information detection unit for detecting biomedical information, said biomedical information detection unit having an imaging unit comprising an objective and an imaging device; a position detection unit that detects the position of said capsulated body; a guiding assembly for guiding said capsulated body by utilizing magnetic forces exerted outside the living body; a trajectory arithmetic unit for performing arithmetic operations to calculate a trajectory, along which said capsulated body has moved, using position information concerning said capsulated body provided by said position detection unit; a control unit for driving said guiding assembly so that said capsulated body will trace the trajectory; and a sensing unit for sensing whether said capsulated body has halted in the duct for a certain period of time, said sensing unit having an arithmetic circuit that performs arithmetic operations to calculate a change in position information, and a judgment circuit that judges from an output of said arithmetic circuit whether said capsulated body is at a halt.
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20. A capsulated medical equipment comprising:
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a capsulated body that is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct within the living body and that includes a biomedical information detection unit for detecting biomedical information; a built-in power supply, incorporated in said capsulated body, for supplying power, with which said biomedical information detection unit is actuated, to said biomedical information detection unit; and an armor casing that keeps said capsulated body watertight, wherein at least a portion of said capsulated body and said armor casing where said built-in battery is located is formed with a transparent member, and wherein a fluid leaking out of said built-in power supply near said armor casing and said built-in power supply is physically or chemically reacted on so that the fluid leakage can be discerned readily.
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21. A capsulated medical equipment comprising:
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a capsulated body that is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct in the living body and that includes a biomedical information detection unit for detecting biomedical information; a position detection unit that detects the position of said capsulated body; and a sensing unit for sensing whether said capsulated body has halted in the duct for a certain period of time, said sensing unit comprises a pressure detection unit located on the periphery of said capsulated body and a judgment circuit that judges from a signal provided by said pressure detection unit whether said capsulated body is at a halt.
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22. A capsulated medical system comprising:
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a capsulated body that is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct in the living body and that includes a biomedical information detection unit for detecting biomedical information; a position detecting unit that detects the position of the capsulated body; a guiding assembly for guiding the capsulated body by utilizing magnetic forces exerted outside the living body; a trajectory arithmetic unit for performing arithmetic operations to calculate a trajectory, along which the capsulated body has moved, using position information concerning the capsulated body provided by the position detection unit; a judgment circuit that judges from the position information concerning the capsulated body provided by the position detection unit whether the capsulated body is at a halt; and a control unit for controlling the guiding assembly so that the capsulated body may be moved back by using the trajectory if the judgment circuit has judged that the capsulated body is at a halt.
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