Patent ID: 8038607

Claim:
A body-insertable apparatus comprising: a capsule casing configured to be disposed within a cavity; a plurality of imaging blocks provided in the capsule casing, each imaging block comprising: an illuminating unit configured to illuminate an interior of the cavity, and an imaging device configured to pick up images of the interior of the cavity in a substantially backward-looking or substantially forward-looking movement direction of the capsule casing, wherein arrangement directions of the plurality of imaging devices are associated with one another, wherein the capsule casing includes: a cylindrical body casing in which the respective imaging blocks are disposed; and transparent end cover casings, provided watertight with the cylindrical body casing, that cover up the respective imaging blocks, and derive illumination lights from the illuminating units, and wherein the body-insertable apparatus further comprises an elastic member that urges each of the imaging blocks against the respective transparent end cover casing.