Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for controlling movement of a capsule endoscope in digestive tract of a human body
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Application No.: US14486131Application Date: 2014-09-15
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Publication No.: US10076234B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Xiaodong Duan , Guohua Xiao , Xinhong Wang
- Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
- Applicant Address: unknown Wuhan
- Assignee: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: unknown Wuhan
- Agency: Treasure IP Group., LLC
- Priority: CN201310136094 20130418
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B34/00 ; A61M25/01

Abstract:
System and method to provide a suspended capsule endoscope at a liquid gas interface is described. The capsule comprises a permanent magnetic dipole and has a density greater than the density of the liquid. An sphere-shaped external magnet is used to suspend and control the movement of the capsule endoscope at the liquid/gas interface. The capsule endoscope can translate along variable axes, rotate and tilt, according to the movement of the external magnet. The external magnet performs a translation and rotation simultaneously to keep the capsule endoscope still and anchored at the same position of the liquid/gas interface. The external magnet adjusts its distance to the liquid/gas interface during the rotation in order to apply a constant magnetic field force to the capsule endoscope.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150018615A1 Apparatus and method for controlling movement of a capsule endoscope in digestive tract of a human body Public/Granted day:2015-01-15
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