Patent ID: 8343038

Claim:
A power supply starter system for a capsule endoscope, which has a switch being switched from an off-state to an on-state when applied with a magnetic field, the power supply starter system comprising: a container for accommodating and holding the capsule endoscope, the container having a projecting portion formed along a longitudinal direction of the capsule endoscope to hold the capsule endoscope and the switch therein, the container having a sheet for covering an opening of the container; and a power supply starter that comprises a cylindrical portion in which the projecting portion is inserted along the longitudinal direction when the sheet is removed from the container and the power supply starter is set in the container through the opening, and a magnetic body that applies the magnetic field to the switch when the projecting portion holding the capsule endoscope is inserted in the cylindrical portion, the magnetic body being provided on an inner wall of the cylindrical portion.