Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capsule medical system and method for treating desired region inside subject
- Patent Title (中): 胶囊医疗系统及其治疗方法
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Application No.: US12418108Application Date: 2009-04-03
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Publication No.: US08419621B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Miho Katayama
- Applicant: Miho Katayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2008-097308 20080403
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04

Abstract:
A capsule medical system includes a capsule medical apparatus, a selecting unit, and a control unit. The capsule medical apparatus is introduced inside a subject and includes an imaging unit for taking an in-vivo image of the subject, a treating unit for treating a living tissue in the subject, and a driving unit for contributing to movement of the capsule medical apparatus. The selecting unit selects a treatment target of the treating unit from the in-vivo image. The control unit determines a relative distance between the treatment target and the treating unit, and moves the capsule medical apparatus in an imaging direction of the imaging unit by a distance corresponding to the relative distance using the driving unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090253954A1 CAPSULE MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING DESIRED REGION INSIDE SUBJECT Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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