Abstract: Provided is a capsule endoscopy system that is easy to operate and enables rapid examination. A capsule endoscopy system according to the present invention is a capsule endoscopy system including: a capsule endoscope including a permanent magnet; and an external magnetic field generation device that drives the capsule endoscope, in which the external magnetic field generation device includes three sets of electromagnets provided at positions facing each other in three orthogonal axes, and each of the sets of electromagnets can cause different arbitrary currents to flow in the electromagnets facing each other.

Abstract: A medical device includes a capsule endoscope in which a magnet having a magnetization direction in an axial direction is mounted and a fin portion is provided at a rear end of an endoscope main body, and which can be self-propelled through the inside of a body; and a capsule controller which controls self-propulsion of the capsule endoscope from the outside of the body by generating a static magnetic field whose direction is controlled three-dimensionally, and an alternating magnetic field orthogonal to the static magnetic field. The capsule endoscope rotates upon receiving the static magnetic field so that the magnetization direction of the magnet is parallel to the direction of the static magnetic field and the fin portion vibrates by bending with movement of the magnet in response to the alternating magnetic field.

Abstract: Provided is a medical device including a self-propelled capsule endoscope that is propelled through the inside of a body by vibration of a fin portion and a capsule controller that controls self-propulsion of the capsule endoscope from the outside of the body, the medical device being capable of precisely controlling the moving direction of the capsule endoscope easily. This medical device (1) includes: a capsule endoscope (2) in which a magnet (21) having a magnetization direction in an axial direction is mounted and a fin portion (2b) is provided at a rear end in the axial direction of an endoscope main body (2a), and which can be self-propelled through the inside of a body; and a capsule controller (3) which controls self-propulsion of the capsule endoscope (2) from the outside of the body by generating a static magnetic field whose direction is controlled three-dimensionally, and an alternating magnetic field orthogonal to the static magnetic field.