Patent ID: 9155450
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A guiding apparatus for guiding, in a subject, a capsule medical device introduced into the subject and including a permanent magnet by applying a magnetic field to the capsule medical device, the guiding apparatus comprising: a magnetic field generation unit; a translation mechanism that translates the magnetic field generation unit relative to the subject; a rotation mechanism that rotates the magnetic field generation unit relative to the subject; an input unit that receives first information about an operation for changing a position of the capsule medical device and second information about an operation for changing a posture of the capsule medical device; and a control unit that controls the translation mechanism and the rotation mechanism in accordance with the first information and the second information such that the magnetic field generation unit is translated and rotated relative to the subject, wherein, when the input unit receives the second information, the control unit corrects a change in the position of the capsule medical device caused by the rotation of the magnetic field generation unit relative to the subject by translating the magnetic field generation unit relative to the subject.