Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capsule medical device guiding system and magnetic field generating device
- Patent Title (中): 胶囊医疗器械引导系统和磁场产生装置
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Application No.: US13558508Application Date: 2012-07-26
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Publication No.: US08734329B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Hironao Kawano
- Applicant: Hironao Kawano
- 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, P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-016124 20110128
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00

Abstract:
A guiding system includes a capsule medical device including a permanent magnet; a magnetic field generating unit to generate a magnetic field to the magnet to guide the capsule, and change a direction of the magnetic field in a three-dimensional space; and a control unit to control the magnetic field generated by the generating unit. Where the capsule is located on a liquid surface, the control unit generates a first magnetic field such that a plane, which is parallel to a vertical axis and in which a magnetic field including a rotating magnetic field where a magnetic field is rotated on the plane is generated, pivots about the vertical axis at a predetermined period and a second magnetic field for generating a magnetic attracting force for moving the magnet vertically downward to submerge the capsule in the liquid, the first and second magnetic fields being applied at a same time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130041217A1 CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDING SYSTEM AND MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-02-14
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