Patent ID: 7675394
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A capsule medical apparatus comprising: a function executing unit that executes a predetermined function; a power supply unit that supplies power to the function executing unit; a main capsule body that houses the function executing unit and the power supply unit; a switch that is housed in the main capsule body, that has a pair of contacts which come into contact with each other and separate from each other according to a magnetic induction of a magnetic field applied from an outside of the main capsule body, and that connects the function executing unit and the power supply unit via the pair of contacts to allow conduction or to shield conduction; and a direction index that is visible from outside the capsule medical apparatus, and that indicates a direction of the magnetic field which causes contact and separation of the pair of contacts; wherein the function executing unit has an illuminating unit which emits illuminating light, the main capsule body further houses an illumination board provided with the illuminating unit, and the direction index is formed on the illumination board in such a manner that the direction of the magnetic field can be visually recognized from the outside of the main capsule body.