Patent ID: 8100888

Claim:
A capsulated medical equipment comprising: a capsulated body, an entire armor case of which is inserted into a living body and passed through a duct in the living body; a driving unit provided in the capsulated body, for causing a needle to thrust outside and sink inside the capsulated body; a control unit provided in the capsulated body, for controlling the driving unit; a position detection unit provided outside the capsulated body, for detecting the position of the capsulated body; a judgment unit for judging whether or not the capsulated body is in a halted state where the capsulated body has halted in the duct for a certain period of time, based on position information concerning the capsulated body provided by the position detection unit; a trajectory arithmetic unit for performing arithmetic operations to calculate a trajectory, along which the capsulated body has moved, using the position information concerning the capsulated body provided by the position detection unit; a magnet or magnetic substance that is incorporated in the capsulated body and that reacts on magnetic forces; and a guiding assembly for guiding the capsulated body to move from outside the living body by utilizing the magnetic forces, wherein when the judgment unit judges that the capsulated body is in the halted state where the capsulated body has halted for a certain period of time in the duct, the halted state is notified and the capsulated body is guided in a direction opposite to the trajectory using the guiding assembly.