Patent ID: 8753265

Claim:
A magnetically inducing device for an encapsulated endoscope capable of moving by itself in a lumen of a body cavity and externally transmitting pick-up image data of an interior of the body cavity, the magnetically inducing device comprising: a magnetically inducing section for magnetically inducing and driving the encapsulated endoscope in a desired direction; a determination section for determining whether or not the encapsulated endoscope can be magnetically induced and driven to the desired direction; and a jiggling controlling section for jiggling the encapsulated endoscope when it is determined by the determining section that the encapsulated endoscope cannot be magnetically induced and driven to the desired direction, wherein the jiggling controlling section jiggles the encapsulates endoscope by swinging from side to side a rotation axis of a rotating magnetic field that provides a magnetically inducing driving force of the magnetically inducing section.