Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capsule medical device guidance system
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Application No.: US15343986Application Date: 2016-11-04
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Publication No.: US09931022B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Hironao Kawano
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-163115 20140808
- Main IPC: A61B1/04
- IPC: A61B1/04 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B5/07 ; A61B1/045

Abstract:
A capsule medical device guidance system includes: an imaging unit arranged inside a capsule medical device; a guidance unit configured to guide the capsule medical device inside a subject; a display unit including a screen is displayed; a first operation input unit configured to input first instruction information for changing at least one of a position and a posture of the capsule medical device; a second operation input unit configured to input second instruction information for rotating within the screen, the image displayed on the screen, around a center of the image; a guidance controller configured to control the guidance unit so as to change at least one of the position and the posture of the capsule medical device, based on the first instruction information; and a display controller configured to control a direction of the image displayed on the screen based on the second instruction information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170049303A1 CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDANCE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-02-23
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