Patent ID: 8740774
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical capsule endoscope which is inserted into the body of a subject and is guided by an external magnetic field, the medical capsule endoscope comprising: a substantially cylindrical capsule; a magnet accommodated inside the capsule and configured so that a magnetic-pole direction thereof can be switched between a direction along a longitudinal axis and a direction intersecting the longitudinal axis; and a securing portion for securing the magnet to the capsule in each of the switched states of the magnetic-pole direction wherein the magnet is secured by the securing portion in one of a first state in which magnetic poles of the magnet are aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the capsule, and a second state in which the magnetic poles of the magnet are in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the capsule.