IP Library Granted Patent US 8,343,039
Granted Patent B2
US 8,343,039 · App. 12/533,466 · Granted Jan 1, 2013

Capsule medical device

Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,343,039
App. No.
12/533,466
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capsule medical device includes a capsule casing that contains an illumination board, an imaging board, a transmission board, and a control board on which functional components are mounted, and a sheet-like battery that supplies power to the functional components. The sheet-like battery is rolled up to be a pole shape and located between cutout parts of the imaging board, the transmission board, and the control board and the inner wall of the capsule casing.

Claims (6)

1. A method of manufacturing a capsule medical device comprising:

rolling up at least a sheet-like battery on a pole shape;

forming an opening in the battery such that the opening extends in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the rolled-up sheet-like battery; and

inserting a periphery of a circuit board into the opening.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal direction of the rolled-up sheet-like battery is in parallel with a longitudinal direction of a casing of the capsule medical device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board includes a clip terminal that clips an electrode of the rolled-up sheet-like battery for connection.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036276/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2009
From: SEGAWA, HIDETAKE; NAGASE, AYAKO; KAWANO, HIRONAO; KIMOTO, SEIICHIRO
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 023241/0284 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-198856 · Jul 31, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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