Recently the technology of capsule endoscopy has developed dramatically and many researchers are making efforts to combine surgical function into the capsule type endoscope. In this paper, the micro biopsy module which is a part of the capsule endoscope is proposed. The proposed module is less than 2 mm in thickness and has a diameter of 10 mm. It consists of a trigger with paraffin block, rotational tissue-cutting razor with a torsion spring and a controller. This module makes it possible for the capsule endoscope to obtain a sample tissue inside the small intestine which can not be reached by a conventional biopsy device. Through dedicated experiments, tissue samples were successfully extracted using the proposed biopsy module and the cells in the samples were extracted and tested by a microscope.

Volume Subject Area:
Bioengineering
Topics:
Design, Endoscopes, Biological tissues, Control equipment, Cutting, Microscopes, Paraffin wax, Springs, Torsion, Surgery
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