Impulse-driven Capsule for Medical Inspection

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350538
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical systems
• Research Institution: Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: ITO Takahiro 九州工業大学, 大学院情報工学研究院, 教授 (10367401)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 村上 直 九州工業大学, 大学院情報工学研究院, 助教 (90443499)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: カプセル / カプセル内視鏡 / 自走式

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have developed a capsule endoscope that can move by itself. Measuring only 11mm in diameter and 31 mm in length, it is sufficiently small to be placed in human gullet or intestines. This capsule has an electromagnetic vibration actuator which consists of a coil and a magnet, and an electric pulse drives the magnet to move the capsule. This actuator needs to generate larger driving force than frictional resistance of human gullet or intestines and weight of the capsule including a camera, a circuit board and a battery.

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