Can capsule gastroscopy see clearly inside the stomach?

China is a big country for stomach cancer, with 680,000 new cases and 500,000 deaths every year. For these patients, gastroscopy is the best means of detection. However, there are less than 40,000 professional endoscopists in China, and there is a big medical gap. In addition, because gastroscopy test will cause a lot of pain to the patient, resulting in many people are reluctant to accept the test with fear, delaying the treatment time.

Ann Han magnetic capsule gastroscopy is a more advanced form of gastroscopy, which is characterized by its small size, swallowing a pill-sized capsule, and then lying on a needle therapy bed, about half an hour can be checked. Into the body will not produce obvious foreign body sensation, the whole awake without passing, listen to the instructions to adjust the action can be.

According to the Economic Daily News reporter in the An Han magnetic capsule gastroscopy examination center interview can be seen, the capsule gastroscope into the patient's stomach, then began to work: the physician to promote the lever, so that the capsule robot in the stomach forward, backward, tumbling, for a full range of spiral sweeping, like drilling into the stomach of Princess Iron Fan as flexible as the Monkey King. At the same time, the head of the capsule robot carrying a camera shoots at high speed and transmits thousands of photos to the doctor's computer in real time, providing the doctor with an accurate diagnosis.

So, are the photos taken by the capsule robot clear enough? It is in the body to ensure that the package is tight, no problem? Experts, capsule endoscopy placement camera in front of the use of special coatings, anti-adhesion, corrosion resistance, to ensure that the shooting effect; factory, will also be on each capsule for strict airtightness testing; In addition, in order to ensure that the capsule is discharged smoothly, but also designed a set of specialized equipment for the detection of the positioning of the capsule, to ensure the safety of patients using.

"Currently, the traditional non-controllable capsule endoscopy is still used internationally. In this regard, Anhan's magnetic capsule endoscopy robot has added a controllable device that can help doctors see the entire stomach cavity, filling an international gap." Li Jingnan, deputy director of the Department of Gastroenterology at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, introduced. It is reported that capsule endoscopy is becoming a routine physical examination program, the country has nearly 1,000 medical institutions, including the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 301 hospitals, etc. in the implementation of An Han capsule gastroscopy, known as "the 21st century gastric examination and endoscopy development of the revolutionary innovation" by the medical profession.