Patent ID: 8033989
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A magnetically inducing device for an encapsulated endoscope, comprising: a magnetic field generating coil unit for generating a magnetically inducing driving force for magnetically inducing and driving the encapsulated endoscope in a desired direction, the encapsulated endoscope being capable of moving by itself in a lumen of a body cavity by magnetic induction and externally transmitting picked-up image data of interior of the body cavity, and the magnetic field generating coil unit comprising a plurality of individually selectable coils; a position detecting section for detecting a position of the encapsulated endoscope in the body cavity; a coil selecting section for selecting a predetermined coil for generating the magnetically inducing driving force from the plurality of coils based on a detection result of the position detecting section; and a magnetic field control section for outputting a magnetic field control signal for making the predetermined coil selected by the coil selecting section generate the magnetically inducing driving force for performing the magnetic inducing and driving in the desired direction.