Title:
CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE POSITION/POSTURE DETECTING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/112733
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A capsule medical device position/posture detecting system comprising a capsule medical device body inserted into an organism, a capsuled coil provided to the capsule medical device body and constituting a resonance circuit, a magnetic field generator disposed around the organism and serving to generating an alternating magnetic field to cause the capsuled coil to generate an induced magnetic field, and magnetic field sensors for detecting the intensity of the induced magnetic field generated by the capsuled coil because of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator.
Inventors:
AOKI ISAO (JP)
UCHIYAMA AKIO
ARAI KENICHI
ISHIYAMA KAZUSHI
YABUKAMI SHIN
UCHIYAMA AKIO
ARAI KENICHI
ISHIYAMA KAZUSHI
YABUKAMI SHIN
Application Number:
PCT/JP2005/003881
Publication Date:
December 01, 2005
Filing Date:
March 07, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
AOKI ISAO (JP)
UCHIYAMA AKIO
ARAI KENICHI
ISHIYAMA KAZUSHI
YABUKAMI SHIN
AOKI ISAO (JP)
UCHIYAMA AKIO
ARAI KENICHI
ISHIYAMA KAZUSHI
YABUKAMI SHIN
International Classes:
A61B1/00; A61B5/06; A61B5/07; G06F15/00; (IPC1-7): A61B1/00; A61B5/07
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2004014225A2 | 2004-02-19 | |||
| WO2001034049A2 | 2001-05-17 |
Foreign References:
| JP2003299612A | 2003-10-21 | |||
| JP2001179700A | 2001-07-03 | |||
| US5727552A | 1998-03-17 | |||
| EP1374793A1 | 2004-01-02 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1723898A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Itoh, Susumu (4-4 Nishishinjuku 7-chom, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 23, JP)
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