摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical device guiding system and a capsulated medical device capable of improving the propelling controllability. <P>SOLUTION: The capsule guiding system 1 comprises a rotary electromagnetic field generating device 4 for generating a rotary electromagnetic field to be applied to the inside of a subject from the outside of the subject, a capsule 3 to be inserted into the body cavity of the subject, a magnet 16 in the capsule 3 to act on the rotary electromagnetic field generated by the rotary electromagnetic field, a spiral projection part 12 provided on the outer surface of the capsule 3 for converting the rotational motion generated by the magnet 16 to the propulsion force, a control device 6 for controlling the rotary electromagnetic field generating device 4 to continuously change the state of the rotary electromagnetic field generated by the rotary electromagnetic field generating device 4, and a capsule rotation direction pattern generator 41 for changing the direction of rotation of the rotary electromagnetic field generated by the rotary electromagnetic field generating device 4 for each set amount of rotation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |