Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular capsule endoscope reconfigurable in digestive organ
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Application No.: US17286894Application Date: 2020-01-23
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Publication No.: US11998175B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Eunpyo Choi , Jongoh Park , Chang-Sei Kim , Byungjeon Kang
- Applicant: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY , KOREA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MICROROBOTICS
- Applicant Address: KR Gwangju
- Assignee: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY,KOREA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MICROROBOTICS
- Current Assignee: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY,KOREA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MICROROBOTICS
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gwangju; KR Gwangju
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR 20190019448 2019.02.19
- International Application: PCT/KR2020/001188 2020.01.23
- International Announcement: WO2020/171403A 2020.08.27
- Date entered country: 2021-04-20
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/053 ; A61B5/145 ; A61B10/04

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a capsule-type endoscope assembly which can be assembled or disassembled in a digestive organ of an examinee, and a capsule-type endoscope system using the same. A capsule-type endoscope of the present invention can be actively operated by the application of an external magnetic field. In addition, according to the present invention, after an examinee has separately swallowed various diagnosis and treatment devices modularized according to a purpose of diagnosis and treatment, the diagnosis and treatment devices can be assembled in a digestive organ of the examinee. Therefore, a function of a capsule-type endoscope can be extended to various diagnosis and treatment areas conventionally covered by a conventional general endoscope.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210353135A1 MODULAR CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE RECONFIGURABLE IN DIGESTIVE ORGAN Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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