Patent ID: 8430818

Claim:
A capsule medical apparatus comprising: an encapsulated body adapted to be disposed within a test subject; an information acquisition section arranged to the encapsulated body, the information acquisition section being configured to perform at least one function to acquire information; a plurality of communication electrodes arranged on an external surface of the encapsulated body and adapted to be in contact with the test subject in which the encapsulated body is disposed, the plurality of communication electrodes being capable, based on the characteristic of the test subject that the plurality of communication electrodes are in contact with, of communicating the acquired information to the outside of the encapsulated body; a judgment section configured to judge whether or not the plurality of communication electrodes are capable, based on the characteristic of the test subject that the plurality of communication electrodes are in contact with, of communicating the acquired information to the outside of the encapsulated body; and a control section configured to control the information acquisition section to suspend, based on the judgment result obtained in the judgment section, the performance of one or more of the at least one function of the information acquisition section when the plurality of communication electrodes are not capable, based on the characteristic of the test subject that the plurality of communication electrodes are in contact with, of communicating the acquired information to the outside of the encapsulated body.