Patent ID: 11896205
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A digestive organ internal contents sampling capsule for sampling internal contents in a digestive organ, comprising:
a cylindrical container insoluble in a digestive tract for housing the internal contents in the digestive organ, the cylindrical container including an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder;
an outer lid enclosing an orifice of the cylindrical container and the outer lid is configured to dissolve at least partially in the digestive organ;
an inner lid arranged in the cylindrical container, and the inner lid is configured to swell in response to contact with the internal contents in the digestive organ to enclose the orifice of the cylindrical container after the orifice is exposed by dissolving of at least a part of the outer lid; and
a marker material to be discharged together with the cylindrical container housing the internal contents in the digestive organ and feces;
wherein the inner cylinder abuts an open end of the outer lid, and the outer cylinder extends axially beyond a location where the inner cylinder abuts the open end of the outer lid, such that the outer cylinder overlaps the outer lid in an axial direction of the digestive organ internal contents sampling capsule.