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Assembling method of capsule medical apparatus

  • US 7,473,218 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2003
  • Issued: 01/06/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An assembling method of a capsule medical apparatus including a sealed capsule having a cylindrical casing with a central axis, an illuminating unit, an image pick-up unit for picking up an image of a portion illuminated by the illuminating unit, and an objective optical system for focusing an image on the image pick-up unit through an optical path of the objective optical system, wherein the objective optical system is attached to a fixing frame, the assembling method comprising:

  • displaying an image area of the image pick-up unit and establishing one or more reference positions thereon in order to locate a center position of said image area;

    displaying an image of the fixing frame and overlapping the image of the fixing frame with the image area of the image pick-up unit;

    positioning the fixing frame such that the center position of the image area of the image pick-up unit coincides with the center position of the image of the fixing frame, the optical path of the objective optical system, and the central axis of the cylindrical casing; and

    a fixing step after the positioning step wherein the image pick-up unit and the fixing frame are attached and made to be fixed in position with respect to each other.

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