Patent ID: 8382658
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A capsule endoscope system comprising: a receiving device that receives in-vivo images captured by a capsule endoscope inserted into an organ of a subject; a storage unit that stores therein a list of ID information of unused capsule endoscopes; and an image display device that acquires ID information of one or more capsule endoscopes, acquires through the receiving device the in-vivo images captured by the capsule endoscopes identified by the ID information, and displays thereon the in-vivo images thus acquired, wherein the image display device is connected via a communication network to a central server that uniformly manages information about the capsule endoscopes, notifies the central server the ID information of the one or more capsule endoscopes, acquires information about the one or more capsule endoscopes from the central server, and performs a warning process about the one or more capsule endoscopes according to the information thus acquired, and the image display device performs the warning process about one of the capsule endoscopes before the one of the capsule endoscopes is used if the one of the capsule endoscopes is determined, based on the list stored in the storage unit, to be an unused capsule endoscope, and performs the warning process after the one of the capsule endoscopes is used if the one of the capsule endoscopes is determined, based on the list stored in the storage unit, to be a used capsule endoscope.