Olympus set to launch capsule endoscope in Europe

Olympus set to launch capsule endoscope in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Medical Systems Corp. said Oct. 13 it will launch a capsule endoscope (ih handout photo) for the small bowel on Oct. 24 in 33 European countries including Britain, France and Germany. The capsule, measuring 11 millimeters in diameter and 26 mm in length, will be swallowed to transmit two images per second to a recorder unit via a built-in antenna until it is expelled through the anus, the medical systems unit of Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. said.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001111391
  • Registered date
  • 2005/10/13 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2005 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1228 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 203.39(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Olympus to sell world's thinnest video scope

    Olympus to sell world's thinnest video scope

    TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Medical Systems Corp. will introduce an otolaryngologic video scope with the world's thinnest tip in Japan and the United States on Oct. 3, the company said on Sept. 26. The video scope will have a tube tip diameter of 3.2 millimeters, 0.7 mm thinner than the existing thinnest model the company sells, enabling doctors to easily view a child's external ear canal and drum membrane.