BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE

摘要

A capsule-type endoscope (10) comprising, in a capsule-type housing: an information acquisition section (26) for acquiring biological information on a subject; a battery (19) for supplying an electric power; a detection section (20) for outputting a detection signal (S20) upon the detection of the introduction of the endoscope (10) into the body of the subject; a signal receiving section (11) for receiving a control signal from the outside and outputting an internal signal (S1); and a control section (21) for controlling the supply of an electric power from the battery (19) to the information acquisition section (26) in accordance with the internal signal (S1) and the detection signal (S20).