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20100105983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A TOOL WITHIN A BODY CONDUIT - Apparatus and method for navigating surgical tools within a body cavity. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for displacing a surgical tool within a body conduit such as an intestine. Embodiments comprise a balloon catheter having a shaft, and a surgical tool operable to slide along that shaft. In some embodiments the surgical tool comprises a second balloon catheter. | 04-29-2010 |
20100298640 | Endoscope With Imaging Capsule - A method of examining internal body portions of patients. The method includes providing an imaging capsule including an image capturing unit, mounting the imaging capsule on a first elongate tube suitable for insertion into a body cavity, in a manner which prevents release of the imaging capsule from the first elongate tube within a body cavity, inserting the first elongate tube with the capsule mounted thereon into a patient, retracting the first elongate tube from the patient, separating the imaging capsule from the first elongate tube, disposing of the first elongate tube, mounting the imaging capsule on a second elongate tube and inserting the second elongate tube with the imaging capsule mounted thereon into a patient. | 11-25-2010 |
20110004058 | Controllable Endoscope - An endoscope including an outer elongate tube and an inner shaft that runs through the outer elongate tube and can be advanced independently of the outer tube. In addition, the endoscope includes an imaging capsule including at least one image capturing unit, mounted on a distal end of the inner shaft. The imaging capsule has a largest cross-section area smaller than the cross section area of the outer elongate tube. | 01-06-2011 |
20150018620 | INFLATABLE MEMBER FOR AN ENDOSCOPE SHEATH - Apparatus and methods for attaching and forming enclosed inflatable members on an endoscope assembly with a disposable sheath are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a flexible and resilient cuff member that is positioned on the outer surface of the disposable sheath and sealably and fixedly bonded to the sheath cover material at the cuff edges to form an annular space capable of being inflated. The inflatable member formed thereby is inflated through a lumen internal to the sheath that has an opening into the interior annular space. The inflatable member may be inflated to exert a longitudinal force on the insertion tube, thereby moving the endoscope assembly along a body passage. Alternately, a sheath may include a plurality of inflatable cuffs that may be inflated to create an isolated space therebetween within the body passage. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090304836 | Powder compression molding machine - This invention provides a powder compression molding machine including: upper punches and lower punches disposed to face with each other along one central axis; die holes allowing tips of the upper punches and the lower punches to be respectively inserted thereinto, the upper punches and the lower punches being shifted to approach each other with the tips thereof being inserted in the corresponding die holes, so that a powder material filled in the die holes is compressed and molded; and powder lubricant spraying means for spraying a powder lubricant toward the die holes before the powder material is filled therein, wherein the powder lubricant spraying means includes: a downward spray nozzle that sprays the powder lubricant toward the die holes; a powder lubricant retrieving mechanism that retrieves a superfluous powder lubricant out of the powder lubricant sprayed from the powder lubricant spraying means; a charging device that electrostatically charges the powder lubricant sprayed from the downward spray nozzle; and switching means that is connected to the charging device and switches to allow only the powder lubricant sprayed at a timing of reaching each of the die holes to be electrostatically charged. | 12-10-2009 |
20100021579 | NOZZLE STRUCTURE - A nozzle structure is mounted in a compression molding machine that compresses using a punch a powder material filled in a die to manufacture a compressively molded product, and sprays a lubricant at least toward a tip of the punch prior to filling the powder material and includes a guide path that guides the lubricant, and a spraying portion that is provided at an end of the guide path so as to communicate therewith and that sprays the lubricant guided along the guide path so as to be substantially aligned with a predetermined straight line intersecting at least in a direction of relative displacement of the punch. | 01-28-2010 |
20120082743 | Powder compression molding machine - A powder compression molding machine includes a downward spray portion that sprays a lubricant toward an inner circumferential surface of a die bore and a tip face of a tip of a lower punch, an upward spray portion that sprays the lubricant toward a tip face of the tip of the upper punch, a first lubricant flow passage through which the lubricant supplied from a lubricant supply device externally provided is fed to the downward spray portion, and a second lubricant flow passage through which the lubricant supplied from the lubricant supply device externally provided is fed to the upward spray portion. A small-diameter region of which an inner diameter is made smaller than that of the first lubricant flow passage is provided at a part of the second lubricant flow passage. | 04-05-2012 |
20120269919 | AGITATING FEEDER AND COMPRESSION MOLDING MACHINE - An agitating feeder is provided in a compression molding machine that includes at least one die having a die bore, an upper punch and a lower punch retained respectively above and below the die so as to be vertically slidable, and a compression mechanism for compressing and molding a powdery material filled in the die bore by the upper punch and the lower punch. The agitating feeder includes an agitating rotor for rotating to agitate the powdery material, a housing accommodating the agitating rotor, and a gas flow device for flowing gas in the housing. | 10-25-2012 |
20130029000 | COMPRESSION MOLDING MACHINE - A compression molding machine includes a feeder that has a feeder main body, a sealing frame attached to the feeder main body and having a supply port allowing a powdery material to pass therethrough, a first elastic member comprised between the sealing frame and the feeder main body, a sealing member attached to the sealing frame and preventing the powdery material from leaking, and a second elastic member comprised between the sealing member and the sealing frame. | 01-31-2013 |
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20140205194 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a feature extraction unit, and a storage unit. The feature extraction unit extracts an extracted feature value indicating a characteristic of a target image, from a feature extraction area set by a user. The storage unit stores the extracted feature value in a database and includes a determination unit, a second storage unit, and a notification unit. The determination unit calculates a degree of similarity to the extracted feature value for each feature value in the database, and determines whether a feature value whose degree of similarity to the extracted feature value is a certain value or more is stored in the database. The second storage unit stores the extracted feature value in the database when the determination result is negative. The notification unit outputs a predetermined notification to the user without storing the extracted feature value, when the determination result is positive. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207732 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display controller that displays, on a display, an image showing a designated area designated by a user in an image being processed and an image showing an area registered in a database; an updating unit that, in response to an updating operation performed by the user for updating the designated area, specifies a candidate area for the designated area and updates the specified candidate area as the designated area; and a registering unit that registers the designated area in the database in response to a registering operation performed by the user for registering the designated area. In response to the updating operation, when at least part of the candidate area covers a predetermined area or an area larger than that of an area registered in the database, the updating unit does not update the candidate area as the designated area. | 07-24-2014 |
20140208392 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information providing apparatus includes following components. A storing unit stores marker image identification information, an image feature of a marker placed area, related information, and disclosure limitation information indicating whether the related information is to be disclosed to specific users in an image information memory. A user information memory stores user identification information identifying a user and privilege information indicating a privilege of the user. An obtaining unit obtains, from an information terminal, user identification information and a target image. A search unit searches the image information memory for marker image identification information of a marker image having an image feature similar to that included in the target image. A providing unit provides, if the corresponding disclosure limitation information indicates limited disclosure and the corresponding privilege information indicates that access to the retrieved related information is permitted, the corresponding related information to the information terminal. | 07-24-2014 |
20140215320 | MARKER PLACEMENT SUPPORT APPARATUS, MARKER PLACEMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A marker placement support apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a generating unit, and an output unit. The acquiring unit acquires image feature information included in a target image on which a marker of a specified size is to be placed. The generating unit generates, in accordance with image feature information included in an area of the target image in which a marker of a specified size is to be placed, display information indicating an area suitable for placing the marker on the target image. The output unit outputs the display information so that the display information is displayed while being superposed on the target image. | 07-31-2014 |
20150055878 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image retrieval system includes an obtaining unit that obtains a query image, a specifying information extracting unit that extracts, from the query image, specifying information which specifies an image group as a retrieval target, a feature information extracting unit that extracts, from the query image, feature information to be used in image retrieval processing, and a retrieval unit that performs the image retrieval processing on retrieval target images specified by the specifying information, using the feature information. | 02-26-2015 |