Smart colonoscope system

As changing the eating habit to low fiber and high fat diet, the pathology in the colon is growing up annually. Colonoscopy is an important medical procedure for the diagnosis of various diseases like cancer in the colon and rectum. But it requires much time for doctors to acquire a dexterous skill to perform the operation of colonoscope and the procedure is painful and long to the patient in many cases. Therefore, some studies on the development of autonomous and more convenient colonoscope are carried out. In this paper, we propose a smart colonoscope system that has the locomotive function, active camera system, and human-friendly user interface besides the basic functions of the conventional colonoscope system. Doctors will be able to concentrate on the diagnosis itself with this system. The dexterity required to doctors and the pains imposed to patients will also be reduced with this system. The concept and each component of the smart colonoscope system are described in this paper. We carried out in-vitro test to evaluate its validity.