Medical capsule device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4439197
SERIAL NO

06358112

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A medical capsule device includes a capsule body provided with a chamber inside and a communicating path for communicating the chamber with the outside, a movable member arranged in the chamber and movable between a liquid-pushing position at which the volume of the chamber is made smallest and a liquid-receiving position at which the volume of the chamber is made largest, a coiled operating member made of a shape memory alloy for selectively moving the movable member to the liquid-receiving or -pushing position according to temperature changes of the operating member itself, and a switching circuit and power supply source arranged in the capsule body and adjusting the temperature of the operating member to selectively move the movable member to the liquid-pushing or -receiving position.

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OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTD A CORP OF JAPAN43-2 2-CHOME HATAGAYA SHIBUYA-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Honda, Mikio Tokyo, JP 17 445
Kambara, Koji Tokyo, JP 12 857
Kohri, Kitijiro Tokyo, JP 3 457
Matsui, Koichi Tokyo, JP 34 1264
Misawa, Kazuo Tokyo, JP 2 435

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