CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDANCE SYSTEM

摘要

Provided is a capsule medical device guidance system (1) wherein a peak magnetic field storage unit (46) stores therein position/posture information relating to the position or posture of a capsule endoscope (10) in order to set a mark in the guidance region of the capsule endoscope (10) when setting instruction information is inputted, and a control unit automatically returns the capsule endoscope (10) to the state in which the mark is set by causing a magnetic field generation unit (2) to generate a magnetic field for guiding the capsule endoscope (10) to the mark on the basis of the position/posture information stored in the peak magnetic field storage unit (46) when return instruction information is inputted.