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Body-insertable device system and body-insertable device guiding method

  • US 7,841,981 B2
  • Filed: 12/27/2006
  • Issued: 11/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A body-insertable device system comprising:

  • a body-insertable device comprising;

    an imaging unit which picks up images of an inside of a subject, anda magnetic material;

    a magnetic field generating unit configured to generate a magnetic field to the magnetic material of the body-insertable device having been introduced into the subject and to change at least one of a position and a posture of the body-insertable device by the magnetic field; and

    a position presenting unit configured to visually present a plurality of approaching positions, on or near a body surface of the subject, for placing the magnetic field generating unit.

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