User's Manual Part 3

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Chapter 5 Capsule Endoscope Procedures
OLYMPUS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
5.8 Starting the examination
Instruct the patient to follow the cautions for Capsule Endoscopy Patients in the
Capsule Endoscope Set A.
Also instruct the patient to return to the hospital 8 hours after the beginning of the
examination.
Dispensing
Do not use a capsule endoscope that has been dropped,
bitten or subjected to excessive pressure. Using such
endoscopes may result in internal injury to the patient due to
equipment damage.
• The capsule endoscope should only be ingested with water.
Use of other liquids may interfere with the examination.
• Avoid touching the top cover (LED side) of the capsule
endoscope. Do not wipe with gauze or other cloths.
1. Prepare a glass of water.
2. Remove the inner case, and hand it to the patient.
3. Confirm that the capsule endoscope’s LED is blinking.
4. Instruct the patient to take the capsule endoscope out of the inner case and
ingest it with a sip of water, and not to bite the capsule.
Confirming passage
Using the real time viewer, confirm that the capsule endoscope has passed the
stomach and entered the duodenum. Prolonged delay of the passage may result
in the examination ending prematurely due to low battery.
• In general, the capsule endoscope reaches the duodenum
about 2 hours after ingesting the capsule endoscope, though
this time may vary from patient to patient.
• The duration of the capsule endoscope’s presence within the
stomach varies from patient to patient. For this reason, you
may not be able to capture images for the entire small
intestine.