PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical capsule preventing a foreign substance from coming into contact or being mixed with a test body to be served as a delivery object.SOLUTION: A medical capsule 1 includes: a housing 10 a delivery carrier 20 carrying a delivery substance a drive device 30 drivingly forward/backward moving the delivery carrier 20 a diaphragm 40 for separating the inside of the housing 10 from the outside of the housing. The delivery carrier 20 is stored by the diaphragm 40 and the housing 10, and the diaphragm 40 has restitution force. When the delivery carrier 20, after protruding outside the housing 10, is stored inside the housing 10 again, the restitution force is used for storing the delivery carrier 20 again between the diaphragm 40 and the housing 10.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】移送物質となる検体に異物を接触乃至混入させないようにした医療用カプセルを提供する。【解決手段】筐体10と、移送物質担持する移送担体20と、移送担体20を進退駆動する駆動装置30と、筐体10の内部と筐体10の外部とを隔てる隔壁40と、を有し、移送担体20が、隔壁40と筐体10とによって収容されており、隔壁40が復元力を有し、前記復元力が、移送担体20が筐体10の外部に突出した後に再び筐体10内部に収容される場合において、隔壁40と筐体10との間に移送20担体を再び収容するための復元力であることを特徴とする、医療用カプセル1。【選択図】図1
