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20090044900 | Method of and apparatus for laminated substrate assembly - A manufacturing apparatus has a joining mechanism for bonding a photosensitive web to a glass substrate such that a cushion layer thereof faces the glass substrate, thereby to produce a joined substrate. The manufacturing apparatus also has a cooling mechanism for forcibly cooling the joined substrate with cooling air, a heating mechanism for heating the cushion layer to a temperature in a predetermined temperature range up to a glass transition temperature thereof, and a peeling mechanism for peeling off a base film of the photosensitive web from the heated joined substrate. The cooling mechanism, the heating mechanism, and the peeling mechanism are successively arranged in the direction in which the joined substrate is fed along. | 02-19-2009 |
20090050261 | Apparatus for and Method of Manufacturing Photosensitive Laminated Body - A manufacturing apparatus ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090078365 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOSENSITIVE LAMINATED BODY - A manufacturing apparatus has a reel-out mechanism, a processing mechanism, a label bonding mechanism, a reservoir mechanism, a peeling mechanism, a substrate feed mechanism, an attachment mechanism, and a base peeling mechanism. A cooling mechanism is disposed between the attachment mechanism and the base peeling mechanism, for cooling an attached substrate, the attached substrate being made up of a glass substrate and a photosensitive web attached thereto, from which a protective film has been peeled off, together with a heating mechanism for heating a resin layer, for example a cushion layer, inside the cooled attached substrate to within a predetermined temperature range, which is at or below the glass transition temperature. | 03-26-2009 |
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20120253114 | OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICAL TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A sinusitis treatment device includes: a flexible first elongated body to be guided into an accessory; an imaging unit which is provided on the first elongated long body, for obtaining an image on the front side of a distal end of the first elongated body; a flexible second elongated body having a lumen in which the first elongated body is inserted; an expansive body which is provided on the second elongated body and which has an effective expansive section capable of radial expansive deformation within a natural ostium located between a nasal cavity and an accessory nasal cavity to push open a stenosed part of the natural ostium; and a positioning unit which is provided on the second elongated body, for positioning the effective expansive section of the second elongated long body moved along the first elongated body relative to the first elongated body. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253123 | OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICAL TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - An otorhinolaryngological treatment device includes: a flexible elongated body to be introduced into an accessory nasal cavity through a nasal cavity; an expansion body which is provided on the elongated body and has an effective expansive section capable of radial expansive deformation within a natural ostium between the nasal cavity and the accessory nasal cavity to thereby force open a stenosed part of the natural ostium; and imaging unit for obtaining an image on the front side of a distal end of the elongated body, which is provided integrally with the elongated body on the distal side of the elongated body relative to the expansion body. The treatment device enables easy positioning (aligning) of the expansion body inside the nasal cavity, without need for radioscopy. | 10-04-2012 |
20130217964 | EXPANSION CATHETER - Disclosed herein is an expansion catheter including: an expansion body which can be expanded; an elongate main body to a distal section of which the expansion body is attached; and an imaging section by which the expansion body is imaged from a proximal side thereof. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226151 | FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A flexible tube for medical instrument includes tubular bodies, one of the tubular bodies relatively turnably connected to an adjacent one of the tubular bodies by a hinge structure. Each of the tubular bodies includes a pivotal section provided at a connecting-directionally first end edge forming the hinge structure, a turning support section provided at a connecting-directionally second end edge and supporting the pivotal section of the one of tubular bodies connected to the adjacent one of tubular bodies, a projection which is provided at either one of the first and second end edges, and is projected in the connecting direction from a position different from the position of the pivotal section or the turning support section, and a recess provided at the other of the first and second end edges and engaged with the projection of the one of tubular bodies connected to the adjacent one of tubular bodies. | 08-29-2013 |
20140031853 | MEDICAL TREATMENT TOOL - A medical treatment tool includes: an insert portion at least a part of which is provided by a flexing portion that is adapted to be flexed, the insert portion being adapted to be inserted into a human body of a patient; and an inflatable body provided on an outer circumference of the flexing portion, the inflatable body being inflated in a radial direction of the flexing portion. An axial distal end portion of the inflatable body is fixed to the insert portion while a proximal end portion of the inflatable body is axially movable relative to the insert portion. | 01-30-2014 |
20140088411 | CATHETER INSERTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, CATHETER INSERTION SUPPORTING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM FOR CATHETER INSERTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND CALIBRATION METHOD - There is provided a catheter insertion supporting system including an extraction section configured to extract a contour shape of at least one of organs of a subject represented on a two-dimensional image picked up by an image pickup element of a catheter inserted in the body of the subject; a detection section configured to detect, in a three-dimensional CT image of the subject, a cross section which includes a contour shape which at least partly coincides with the contour shape extracted by the extraction section; and a display section configured to display a portion of the three-dimensional CT image which includes an organ having the cross section detected by the detection section together with the two-dimensional image. | 03-27-2014 |
20150100020 | ACTUATING MEMBER AND MEDICAL DEVICE - An actuating member includes: a first movement member and a second movement member which are located at a proximal side of the elongated member and are configured to be relatively movable toward and away from each other along an axial direction of the elongated member; a push-pull member that includes a first connection portion configured to be connected to the first movement member, a first extension portion extending from the first connection portion toward a distal side in the axial direction of the elongated member, a second connection portion configured to be connected to the second movement member, and a second extension portion extending from the second connection portion toward the distal side in the axial direction of the elongated member; and an operation member configured to operate the movement of the first movement member and the second movement member. | 04-09-2015 |
20150107396 | ACTUATING MEMBER AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - An actuating member for causing a flexible elongated member for medical use to perform a predetermined curving motion includes a push-pull member including a first moving part and a second moving part which are configured to be movable relative to one another in an axial direction of the elongated member, the first moving part and the second moving part being pushable and pullable so as to cause the elongated member to curve in the axial direction of the elongated member; a curving motion restricting member which is configured to be movable in the axial direction of the elongated member, and which is configured to restrict curving of at least a portion of the elongated member; and an operation member configured to operate movements of the first moving part, the second moving part, and the curving motion restricting member. | 04-23-2015 |
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20130281778 | TREATMENT INSTRUMENT FOR MEDICAL USE AND METHOD - A treatment instrument for medical use includes: an outer tube having a flexible tube at a distal portion thereof; an image information acquisition unit disposed inside the outer tube and configured to be inserted into and drawn out of the flexible tube; and a fluid conveying tube which is disposed inside the outer tube juxtaposedly with the image information acquisition unit and is insertable into and drawn out of the flexible tube in a selective manner in relation to the image information acquisition unit. The outer tube is greater than the flexible tube in diameter and is decreased in diameter, at a connection part for connection with the flexible tube, down to the diameter of the flexible tube. | 10-24-2013 |
20140207059 | BENDING OPERATION MEMBER, AND MEDICAL APPARATUS - A bending operating member for performing a bending operation on an elongated member having flexibility in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the elongated member includes a pulling member, at least a portion of the pulling member being configured to be connected to a distal portion of the elongated member such that, when said pulling member is pulled in the axial direction of the elongated member, the pulling member causes the elongated member to bend; a moving member that is connected to the pulling member, the moving member being configured to move so as to pull the pulling member in the axial direction of the elongated member; a rotating member that is operatively connected to the moving member and is rotatable around an axis of the elongated member; and a converting part that converts rotation of the rotating member into movement of the moving member. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207173 | MEDICAL TREATMENT TOOL - A medical treatment tool includes a bendable tube configured to be inserted into a body of a patient; and an operating body disposed in the insertion tube and configured to cause bending of the bendable tube, the operating body including: a plurality of divided members that are divided from each other along axially extending edges of the divided member, portions of the divided member forming a tubular structure, and an annular connecting portion that connects distal portions of the divided members. Each divided member includes at least one cutout portion formed between the tubular structure and the annular connecting portion | 07-24-2014 |
20140243876 | METHODS FOR TREATING SINUS OSTIA USING BALLOON CATHETER DEVICES HAVING A BENDABLE BALLOON PORTION - A method for use with a balloon catheter device that includes a selectively bendable portion with a balloon disposed thereon, a control device for controlling bending of the selectively bendable portion, and a camera located at an end of a distal portion, includes inserting the distal portion into the nostril while the distal portion is straight; viewing an image provided by the camera; stopping insertion of the distal portion after the ethmoidal bulla is viewed in the image; articulating the distal portion in an upward direction to view the opening to the frontal sinus ostium or a downward direction to view the opening to the maxillary sinus ostium using the control device; inserting the distal portion into the frontal sinus ostium or the maxillary sinus ostium while the distal portion remains in the bent position; and inflating the balloon in the frontal sinus ostium or the maxillary sinus ostium. | 08-28-2014 |
20140249473 | ACTUATING MEMBER AND MEDICAL APPARATUS - An actuating member for making a flexible elongated member perform a predetermined action includes a push/pull member having a tip side and a base end side, the push/pull member including: a first moving portion and a second moving portion that are located on the base end side of the push/pull member and are movable relative to one another along an axis of the push/pull member, a first extending portion that extends from the first moving portion towards the tip side of the push/pull member, and a second extending portion that extends from the second moving portion towards the tip side of the push/pull member; an operating member that is rotatable about an axis that intersects an axis of the push/pull member, the operating member being configured such that rotation of the operating member causes movement of the first moving portion and the second moving portion. | 09-04-2014 |
20140277072 | METHODS FOR TREATING SINUS OSTIA USING BALLOON CATHETER DEVICES HAVING A SLIDABLE BALLOON PORTION - A method comprises providing a balloon catheter device; locating a balloon portion within a paranasal sinus ostium while the balloon portion is in the first position such that a distal end of the balloon portion is at a distal end of a paranasal sinus ostium; inflating the balloon portion while the balloon portion is located in the paranasal sinus ostium such that at least a portion of the paranasal sinus ostium is dilated; sliding the balloon portion back to a second position while leaving the distal end of a guide member at the distal end of the paranasal sinus ostium; and viewing an image provided by a camera to determine whether an entirety of the paranasal sinus ostium has been dilated. | 09-18-2014 |