Patent ID: 8602977
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A capsule-type medical device, comprising: a capsule-shape sealed container having a center axis, an outline of the sealed container being formed in a rotational symmetry shape with respect to the center axis, the sealed container being introduced into a subject while accommodating an internal component for executing a predetermined function, wherein the internal component includes an illumination board in which an emitter constituting an illumination unit is provided, the illumination unit emits an illumination light outside the sealed container through a transparent portion constituting at least a portion of the sealed container, the illumination board has a disk shape that fits inside the sealed container formed in the rotational symmetry shape, a flexible board that electrically connects between the illumination board and another board extends integrally with the illumination board, the illumination board has a flat portion formed on a periphery of the disk-shaped illumination board so as to truncate the disk-shape, and the flat portion is provided to fold the flexible board extending from the disk-shaped illumination board at an end portion at an illumination board side of the flexible board, the flat portion is visible from outside of the sealed container through the transparent portion, and the flat portion indicates a direction corresponding to the predetermined function of the internal component.