Patent ID: 7946983

Claim:
A body-insertable apparatus comprising: a function executing unit which executes a predetermined function; a power source unit which supplies electric power to the function executing unit; a capsule body which contains the function executing unit and the power source unit; and a magnetic switch which is provided in the capsule body, and controls the power supply from the power source unit to the function executing unit by a pair of contacts, the pair of contacts being brought into contact with or separated from each other by a magnetic field, the magnetic field being applied from the outside of the capsule body in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis direction of the capsule body, wherein the function executing unit comprises an illuminating unit, an imaging unit and a radio transmitting unit; and the magnetic switch is mounted on a board on which one of the illuminating unit and the radio transmitting unit is mounted, the board being perpendicular to a central axis of the capsule body.