Capsule endoscope starter

- Olympus
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Description

An article to which my new design is applied is a starter of a medical swallowable endoscope (the so-called capsule endoscope) used in a wireless in vivo information acquiring system for collecting in vivo information. The starter includes a permanent magnet. The capsule endoscope, when loaded into the starter, is applied with magnet force, thereby starting.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a capsule endoscope starter showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along line A—A of FIG. 1.

Claims

The ornamental design for a capsule endoscope starter, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D574080
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 9, 2006
Date of Patent: Jul 29, 2008
Assignees: Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo), Olympus Imaging Corp. (Tokyo)
Inventors: Hidetake Segawa (Tokyo), Hirotoshi Amano (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Ian Simmons
Assistant Examiner: Carissa C Fitts
Attorney: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
Application Number: 29/255,741