Patent ID: 7918786

Claim:
A capsule type medical device system which comprises a capsule type medical device which can be ingested to within the living body, further comprising: a region determination device which determines a bodily region at which the capsule type medical device is located based on referencing information set in advance; an electrode which is provided on the capsule type medical device, and which applies an electrical stimulus to living body tissue; and a control device which is provided on the capsule type medical device, and which controls an electric current which flows to the electrode based on information of the bodily region determined by the region determination device; a second detection device which is provided on the capsule type medical device, and which detects in-vivo information within the living body; wherein the region determination device determines the bodily region at which the capsule type medical device is located by comparing the in-vivo information detected by the second detection device with the referencing information set in advance; wherein the second detection device comprises an acquisition device which acquires the in-vivo information; wherein the region determination device determines an orientation of the capsule type medical device within the body based on the in-vivo information which is acquired by the acquisition device; and wherein the control device controls the electric current which flows in the electrode based on the orientation of the capsule type medical device.