Capsule endoscope

• Main Authors: ZHENG HAIRONG, WANG XINGYING, HUANG ZHIHONG, QIU WEIBAO, COCHRAN ALEXANDER, HU LI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.04.2015
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

The invention provides a capsule endoscope, which comprises a casing, a power supply, a micro motor, a micro motor control circuit, an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic imaging control circuit and a wireless communication device, wherein the power supply, the micro motor, the micro motor control circuit, the ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic imaging control circuit and the wireless communication device are positioned in the casing, the micro motor control circuit is connected with the micro motor and is used for controlling the micro motor to rotate, the ultrasonic transducer is used for rotating through being driven by the micro motor, generating ultrasonic waves, sending out the ultrasonic waves and receiving echo signals, and the ultrasonic imaging control circuit is used for sending out pulse signals to the ultrasonic transducer, processing the echo signals received by the ultrasonic transducer, and sending data obtained after processing to the outside of the capsule endoscope through the wireless communication device. The capsule endoscope has the advantages that the technical problems that in the prior art, the capsule endoscope can only be used for observing pathologic change conditions of the surface inside the intestinal tract, information such as deep-level tissue information and tube wall thickness is difficult to detect are solved; the technical effect of effectively obtaining the deep-level tissue information of the intestinal tract is achieved.