DEVICE FOR ENDOSCOPICAL EXPLORATION OF THE BODY

摘要

A device for endoscopically exploring the body has a support (4) upon which the body (24) to be explored may be placed and a coil device (14, 16) for generating a magnetic field having a first partial coil device (14) with a first axis (18) and a second partial coil device (16) with a second axis (20). The first and second axes lie at an angle and the energy supply to both partial coil arrangements is adjustable so that a magnetic field having the desired orientation is generated. The support (4) and the coil arrangement (14, 16) are movable with respect to each other in the three directions in space. An endoscopic probe (30) is equipped with a magnetically sensitive material (49, 50) so that it is orientated along the magnetic field and is subjected to a force in its longitudinal direction within the magnetic field. The support (4) and the coil arrangement (14, 16) can be rotated with respect to each other around an axis.