In-vivo information acquisition apparatus and in-vivo information acquisition apparatus system
First Claim
1. An in-vivo information acquisition system comprising:
- an in-vivo information acquisition apparatus to be inserted into a body to examine a specimen and acquire in-vivo information, the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus comprising;
a specimen-collecting section for collecting a specimen at an examination site in a body cavity;
a reactor section for reacting the specimen collected by the specimen-collecting section with a reagent;
a specimen-evaluating section for evaluating measurement data of the specimen reacted in the reactor section based on reference data and outputting an evaluation result;
a labeling section having identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus;
a memory for saving the evaluation result and the identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus;
a communication section for receiving a signal transmitted from outside and for transmitting to the outside the evaluation result output by the specimen-evaluating section;
a power supply section for supplying electrical power;
an indwelling section for affixing to a tissue surface in the body cavity; and
an external apparatus outside the body cavity, that acquires the evaluation result obtained by the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus via the communication section,wherein a plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses are provided inside the body cavity, in which collecting the specimen by the specimen-collecting section is simultaneously started in response to a first command signal sent from the external apparatus to the plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses; and
the plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses send the evaluation result and the identification information stored in the memory to the external apparatus in response to a second command signal sent from the external apparatus to the plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses.
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Abstract
There is provided an in-vivo information acquisition apparatus capable of detecting high-accuracy in-vivo information substantially at the same time in a plurality of different examination sites in a body cavity and an in-vivo information acquisition apparatus system capable of introducing a plurality of in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses into a patient at the same time. The in-vivo information acquisition apparatus includes a specimen-collecting section for collecting a specimen at an examination site in a body cavity, a specimen-evaluating section for evaluating the specimen collected by the specimen-collecting section and outputting an evaluation result, a labeling section having identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus, a communication section for receiving a signal transmitted from the outside and for transmitting to the outside the evaluation result output by the specimen-evaluating section, and a power supply section for supplying electrical power.
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18 Claims
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1. An in-vivo information acquisition system comprising:
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an in-vivo information acquisition apparatus to be inserted into a body to examine a specimen and acquire in-vivo information, the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus comprising; a specimen-collecting section for collecting a specimen at an examination site in a body cavity; a reactor section for reacting the specimen collected by the specimen-collecting section with a reagent; a specimen-evaluating section for evaluating measurement data of the specimen reacted in the reactor section based on reference data and outputting an evaluation result; a labeling section having identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus; a memory for saving the evaluation result and the identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus; a communication section for receiving a signal transmitted from outside and for transmitting to the outside the evaluation result output by the specimen-evaluating section; a power supply section for supplying electrical power; an indwelling section for affixing to a tissue surface in the body cavity; and an external apparatus outside the body cavity, that acquires the evaluation result obtained by the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus via the communication section, wherein a plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses are provided inside the body cavity, in which collecting the specimen by the specimen-collecting section is simultaneously started in response to a first command signal sent from the external apparatus to the plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses; and the plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses send the evaluation result and the identification information stored in the memory to the external apparatus in response to a second command signal sent from the external apparatus to the plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An in-vivo information acquisition system comprising:
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an in-vivo information acquisition apparatus to be inserted into a body to examine a specimen and acquire in-vivo information, the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus comprising; a specimen-collecting section for collecting a specimen at an examination site in a body cavity; a reactor section for reacting the specimen collected by the specimen-collecting section with a reagent; a specimen-evaluating section for evaluating measurement data of the specimen reacted in the reactor section on the basis of reference data and outputting an evaluation result; a labeling section having identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus; a memory for saving the evaluation result and the identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus; a communication section for receiving a signal transmitted from outside and for transmitting to the outside the evaluation result by the specimen-evaluating section; and a power supply section for supplying electrical power, an indwelling section for affixing to a tissue surface in the body cavity; an external apparatus, arranged outside the body cavity, that acquires the evaluation result obtained by the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus via the communication section, wherein a plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses are provided inside the body cavity, in which collecting the specimen by the specimen-collecting section is simultaneously started in response to a first command signal sent from the external apparatus to the plurality of in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses, wherein the plurality of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses send only the identification information stored in the memory to the external apparatus in response to a second command signal sent from the external apparatus to the plurality of in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses, wherein the external apparatus sequentially sends an individual third command signal to each of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses after identifying each of the identification information unique to the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus sent, and wherein each of the in-vivo information acquisition apparatuses sequentially sends the evaluation result stored in the memory to the external apparatus in response to the third command signal.
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