Hironao Kawano,Hironobu Takizawa,Hidetake Segawa,Isao Aoki,Katsumi Hirakawa,Satomi Kobayashi,Hideo Ito
申请号：
US11646878
公开号：
US08162821B2
申请日:
2006.12.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope 1 introduced into a subject and a permanent magnet 3. An imaging unit of the capsule endoscope 1 for taking an image inside the subject is fixed in a casing. The capsule endoscope 1 includes a drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a which is also introduced in the subject 100. The permanent magnet 3 controls the operation of the drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a.
