Patent ID: 7993263

Claim:
A system comprising: a swallowable capsule type medical device including: a first capsule type endoscope and a second capsule type endoscope connected to the first capsule type endoscope via a connection portion; a first image capturing device for capturing an image of an inside of a subject at a set image pickup cycle while illuminating at a set illumination interval, the first image capturing device being provided in the first capsule type endoscope; a second image capturing device for capturing an image of an inside of the subject by shifting a timing by a predetermined time period from a timing of the first image capturing device, at the set image pickup cycle while illuminating at the set illumination interval, the second image capturing device being provided in the second capsule type endoscope; a first transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the image captured by the first image capturing device to outside the subject; and a second transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the image captured by the second image capturing device to outside the subject, a portable external device including: a housing configured to be attached to the subject; a receiver disposed in or on the housing for receiving signals of the images wirelessly transmitted from the first transmitter and the second transmitter of the capsule type medical device; a signal processor contained in the housing and adapted to process the signals of the images wirelessly transmitted from the first transmitter and the second transmitter of the capsule type medical device; a control member which is controlled to change at least one of the illumination interval and the image pickup cycle set in the capsule type medical device after the capsule type medical device has started image-pickup; a third transmitter for wirelessly transmitting to the capsule type medical device a control signal of the at least one of the illumination interval and the image pickup cycle changed by operating the control member; a display portion contained in the housing and adapted to display the image processed by the signal processor, while the swallowable capsule type medical device is in an inside of the subject; a storage portion contained in the housing and adapted to store data of the image; and an output portion for downloading the data of the image stored in the storage portion to a terminal, after inspection by the capsule type medical device.