Capsule Camera
A wireless, compact and disposable endoscope developed by a Japanese venture company is expected to debut on the market this year. Compared to a traditional endoscope, which is often awkward and painful to insert, the new capsule endoscope developed by RF Co., Ltd. can be swallowed by a patient like a vitamin pill and is capable of transmitting images of the patient's body while traveling through the intestines, until it is excreted naturally and painlessly.
As tiny as a pill measuring just 9 millimeters in diameter and 23 mm in length, the Norika3 capsule endoscope developed by RF is uniquely painless.
The capsule moves painlessly through the gastrointestinal tract while transmitting color images on a real-time basis. The device accommodates a plastic CCD camera with a 0.6 millimeter lens as well as four Light-Emitting Diode (LED) flashing devices to supply light in the dark intestines. The camera can transmit up to 30 images per minute, as long as the patient is wearing the vest that transmits microwaves to the capsule.
