AUTONOMOUS DEVICE FOR GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT PROBING Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B1/00 F03G3/00 F03G7/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medical equipment, namely to devices for gastrointestinal tract probing. Device contains capsule-shaped case, which has head, central and tail parts; inside device installed are: power source, light source, video camera, module of registration and transmission of information, unit for storage of values of measured parameters of the environment condition, sensors for gastrointestinal tract state control. Outside case, on its central and tail parts installed is shell with smooth external surface, made of material, easily dissoluble in gastrointestinal tract medium; inside case installed is unit of active motion mode modulation, which contains oscillating inertial mechanism, providing forced movement of device along gastrointestinal tract, made in form of electric drive with eccentric, installed on its shaft. Unit of active motion mode modulation contains controller of analysis of gastrointestinal tract condition, connected with drive of oscillating inertial mechanism and with receiver of signals from external device. Constructive elements in form of obliquecog comb, creating resistance force, directed along longitudinal axis of device, different, when it moves forward and backward along gastrointestinal tract, are made on external surface of case section.

EFFECT: application of invention makes it possible to extend arsenal of means for gastrointestinal tract probing.

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