摘要 |
The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe ( 10 ), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe ( 10 ) being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing ( 16 ) and an image pickup unit ( 26 ) inside the housing ( 16 ) that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe ( 10 ). The image pickup unit ( 26 ) is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing ( 16 ) in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG. 1 ). |