Patent ID: 8419629
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A magnetically inducing device for an encapsulated endoscope capable of moving by itself in a lumen of a body cavity and externally transmitting picked-up image data of an interior of the body cavity, the magnetically inducing device comprising: a magnetically inducing section for magnetically inducing and driving the encapsulated endoscope in a desired direction; a determining section for determining whether or not the encapsulated endoscope can be magnetically induced and driven to the desired direction; and a jiggling controlling section for jiggling the encapsulated endoscope when it is determined by the determining section that the encapsulated endoscope cannot be magnetically induced and driven to the desired direction, wherein the jiggling controlling section jiggles the encapsulated endoscope by conically moving a rotation axis of a rotating magnetic field that provides a magnetically inducing driving force of the magnetically inducing section, the conical movement being centered around the rotation axis.