Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical device guidance system
- Patent Title (中): 医疗器械指导系统
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Application No.: US12729521Application Date: 2010-03-23
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Publication No.: US07904137B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Akio Uchiyama , Hironao Kawano , Kenichi Arai , Kazushi Ishiyama , Masahiko Sendoh
- Applicant: Akio Uchiyama , Hironao Kawano , Kenichi Arai , Kazushi Ishiyama , Masahiko Sendoh
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2004-273936 20040921
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05

Abstract:
The present invention realizes a medical device guidance system capable of improving propulsion control characteristic. The capsule guidance system 1 includes a rotating electromagnetic field generating device 4 for generating a rotating electromagnetic field for applying from the outside of a subject into the subject; a capsule 3 to be inserted into the body cavity of the subject; a magnet 16 provided in this capsule 3 and acting on the rotating electromagnetic field generated by the rotating electromagnetic field generating device 4; a spiral projection portion 12 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the capsule 3 and converting the rotational movement generated by the magnet 16 into a thrust; a controller 6 for controlling the rotating electromagnetic field generating device 4 to continuously change the state of the rotating electromagnetic field generated by rotating electromagnetic field generating device 4; and a capsule rotational direction pattern generator 41 for interchanging the rotational directions of the rotating electromagnetic field generated by the rotating electromagnetic field generating device 4 for each set rotational direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100174142A1 MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDANCE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-07-08
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