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20090054886 | SURGICAL OPERATING APPARATUS - A surgical operating apparatus which includes a sheath with a distal end and a proximal end, an apparatus main body to be coupled to the proximal end of the sheath, a probe which is inserted through the sheath and which transmits ultrasonic waves, a probe distal end provided at the distal end of the probe, a jaw which is pivotally supported at the distal end of the sheath and which is geared with the distal end of the probe, a fixed handle provided in the apparatus main body, and a movable handle which is swingable with respect to the fixed handle and which operates the jaw in a direction to be in and out of contact with the distal end of the probe by a swing operation, the surgical operating apparatus includes a switch portion which is provided in the fixed handle and which controls a treatment of a living tissue, a switch holding portion which is provided in the fixed handle and which holds the switch, and a pressing member which fixes the switch portion in a state pressed against the switch holding portion. | 02-26-2009 |
20090054894 | SURGICAL OPERATING APPARATUS - A surgical operating apparatus comprises an insertion portion which has a distal end and a proximal end and which has a long axis and which is inserted into a body, a treatment portion which is disposed at the distal end of the insertion portion and which has a plurality of selectable surgical functions, an operation portion disposed at the proximal end of the insertion portion, a plurality of switches which are provided in the operation portion and which select the surgical functions, and a bulging portion which is disposed between the switches and which divides the switches and which doubles as a finger receiving portion. | 02-26-2009 |
20090270853 | SURGICAL OPERATING APPARATUS - A surgical operating apparatus includes a sheath provided with a distal end part and a proximal end part, an apparatus main body to be coupled to the proximal end part of the sheath, a probe which is provided with a distal end part and a proximal end part, is inserted into the sheath, and transmits ultrasonic vibration from the proximal end part side to the distal end part side, a jaw which is turnably supported at the distal end part of the sheath, and is operated to be opened or closed between a closed position at which the jaw is engaged with the distal end part of the probe, and an opened position at which the jaw is separated from the distal end part of the probe, a handle which is provided in the apparatus main body, and operates the opening/closing operation of the jaw, a slider section which is provided in the apparatus main body, and is advanced/retreated to be moved in a central axis direction of the probe between a first movement position corresponding to the opened position of the jaw and a second movement position corresponding to the closed position of the jaw in accordance with the operation of the handle, and a notification mechanism for notifying of a state where the slider section has moved by an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined amount on the way thereof from the first movement position to the second movement position. | 10-29-2009 |
20090270854 | SURGICAL OPERATING APPARATUS - A surgical operating apparatus includes a sheath provided with a distal end part and a proximal end part, an apparatus main body to be coupled to the proximal end part of the sheath, a probe which is inserted into the sheath, and transmits ultrasonic waves, a probe distal end section provided at a distal end part of the probe, and a jaw pivotally supported at the distal end part of the sheath, the jaw being supported so that the jaw can be operated to be opened or closed between a closed position at which the jaw is engaged with the probe distal end section, and an opened position at which the jaw is separated from the probe distal end section, wherein the apparatus main body includes a handle for operating the opening/closing operation of the jaw, a slider section which is moved to be advanced/retreated in an axial direction of a central axis line of the probe in accordance with the operation of the handle, a pin which is provided to the handle, is engaged with the slider section, and transmits the operation of the handle to the slider section, and a frictional force reduction section which is provided to the slider section and/or the pin at a surface at which the slider section and the pin are engaged with each other, and reduces the frictional force acting at the engagement surface at which the slider section and the pin are engaged with each other. | 10-29-2009 |
20100274160 | SWITCHING STRUCTURE AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENT - A switching structure, which controls driving of equipment, includes a handle unit which is provided on the equipment and is held by a user, a switch operation section which is provided on the handle unit and includes a pressure reception portion which is pressed by the user, and a support portion which supports the pressure reception portion such that the pressure reception portion is pivotable about a pivotal center within the handle unit, relative to the handle unit, and also supports the pressure reception portion such that the pressure reception portion can be pushed from a desired direction toward the pivotal center of the pressure reception portion, when the user presses the pressure reception portion. | 10-28-2010 |
20120010539 | OPERATION DEVICE AND SURGICAL APPARATUS - An operation device configured to control driving of an apparatus, includes a switch contact point which is provided in a fixed handle, and a switch operation portion which includes a pressure-receiving portion configured to operate the switch contact point between an open state and a closed state in accordance with a pressing state of the pressure-receiving portion. The operation device includes a support portion configured to support the pressure-receiving portion in such a manner that the pressure-receiving portion can incline and move with respect to the fixed handle about an inclination movement center, the support portion being configured to support the pressure-receiving portion in such a manner that the user can press the pressure-receiving portion in a direction where the inclination movement center of the pressure-receiving portion is arranged in a state in which the pressure-receiving portion is inclined and moved and in a neutral position state. | 01-12-2012 |
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20080202238 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning-fork vibrator having a base and multiple arms extending from the base. Two arms out of the multiple arms driven to vibrate have first end parts opposite to second end parts connected to the base. The first end parts being wider than the second end parts. | 08-28-2008 |
20080210006 | Angular velocity sensor - An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning-fork oscillator that includes a base portion, arm portions extending from the base portion, and a pair of driving electrodes that are provided to extend from the front face and the back face to a side face of at least one of the arm portions. | 09-04-2008 |
20080257043 | Angular velocity sensor - An angular velocity sensor includes: a package housing a vibrator to sense an angular velocity; a mounting portion mounting the package, the mounting portion having a first terminal for making a connection with the package; a second terminal for making an external connection, and a resin portion covering the first and second terminals so that a part of the first terminal and a part of the second terminal are exposed; and a cover having a joint portion made of a metal and covering the package, the cover being fixed to the mounting portion by joining the joint portion to a joint terminal made of a metal and provided to the mounting portion. | 10-23-2008 |
20100229647 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning-fork vibrator having a base and multiple arms extending from the base. Two arms out of the multiple arms driven to vibrate have first end parts opposite to second end parts connected to the base. The first end parts being wider than the second end parts. | 09-16-2010 |
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20090035688 | TONER, AND TONER PRODUCTION PROCESS - In a chart of molecular weight distribution measured of a toner, i) the toner has a main peak in the region of molecular weight of 16,000 to 60,000, and ii) where the molecular weight at the main peak is represented by M1, and where the height at the molecular weight M1 is represented by H(M1), the height at a molecular weight of 4,000 by H(4000) and the height at a molecular weight of 15,000 by H(15000), the H(4000), the H(15000) and the H(M1) satisfy a specific proportion. The toner has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 15,000 to 80,000, and, in an endothermic chart, i) the toner has an endothermic main peak in the range of 40 to 1300C, and ii) the calorimetric integral value represented by the peak area of the endothermic main peak is 10 to 35 J per 1 g of the toner. | 02-05-2009 |
20090087768 | Non-Magnetic Toner - An object of the present invention is to provide a toner excellent in fixing ability and developing ability. Provided is a non-magnetic toner including: toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax component; and an inorganic fine powder, wherein: the toner has a specific storage elastic modulus at each of 110 C and 150 C; when a temperature at which a differential curve of a temperature and the common logarithm LogG′ of a storage elastic modulus G′ shows the minimum value in the temperature region of 60 to 130 C is denoted by T0, a straight line having the largest gradient out of straight lines each connecting points on the differential curve at temperatures of T0+a and (T0+a)+1 (C) [where a represents an integer of 0 to 9] is denoted by A, a straight line having the smallest gradient out of straight lines each connecting points on the differential curve at temperatures of T0+b (C) and (T0+b)+10 (C) [where b represents an integer of 0 or more] is denoted by B, and a straight line having the largest gradient out of straight lines each connecting points on the differential curve at temperatures of T0+c and (T0+c)+10 (C) [where c represents an integer larger than “a value b when a straight line B is given”] is denoted by C, the relationship of 1C ? ¢TA (from T0 to the point of intersection of the straight lines A and B) ? 20 C and the relationship of 100 C ? T | 04-02-2009 |
20100009278 | TONER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner is provided which has toner particles and a fine silica powder mixed by external addition to the toner particles. The toner has a weight average particle diameter of 4.0 to 9.0 μm. The fine silica powder is subjected to hydrophobic treatment with dimethylsilicone oil, and has, in particle size distribution based on volume, a peak at which cumulative frequency is largest, in the measurement range of 0.02 μm to 1,000.00 μm; the cumulative frequency of 0.10 μm to less than 1.00 μm being 7.0% or less, and, the fine silica powder fulfills the following conditions:
| 01-14-2010 |
20110244386 | TONER AND TONER PARTICLE PRODUCING METHOD - A toner includes a toner particle, which contains at least a binding resin, a colorant, and two types of polar resins, i.e., a polar resin H and a polar resin L, and which is obtained with granulation in a water-based medium, wherein solubility parameters, glass transition points, and weight-average molecular weights of the binding resin, the polar resin H, and the polar resin L, as well as amounts of the added resins satisfy respective specific relationships. | 10-06-2011 |
20110256477 | TONER - A toner includes toner particles each containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a carboxy-containing styrene-based resin, in which the toner particles are produced in an aqueous medium, each of the toner particles has a styrene-acrylic-based resin component content of 50.0% by mass or more, cyclohexane-insoluble matter A obtained by subjecting the toner to Soxhlet extraction with cyclohexane for 4 hours is 70.0% by mass or more, and cyclohexane-insoluble matter B obtained by subjecting the toner to Soxhlet extraction with cyclohexane for 24 hours is 40.0% by mass or less, and wherein when the z-average molecular weight and the weight-average molecular weight of tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter of the carboxy-containing styrene-based resin determined by gel permeation chromatography measurement are represented by Mz and Mw, respectively, Mz and Mw satisfy the following expressions:
| 10-20-2011 |
20120328979 | TONER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner is provided which has toner particles and an inorganic fine powder; the toner particles being obtained by suspension polymerization using a specific polar resin. The toner is a toner in which; where, in displacement levels found in a micro-compression test in which a force is applied to a toner single particle at a loading rate of 9.8×10 | 12-27-2012 |
20130164666 | TONER - To provide a toner having a superior developing performance while preventing any fixing assembly from being contaminated, the toner has toner particles which have toner base particles containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and an inorganic fine powder, wherein the wax has a 0.2% by mass heating loss temperature of 200° C. or more and a 1.0% by mass heating loss temperature of 250° C. or more and has a melt viscosity at 120° C. of from 3.0 mPa·s to 15.0 mPa·s. | 06-27-2013 |
20130164670 | TONER - The present invention provides a toner that gives satisfactory fixing image quality in both high-speed fixing process and low-speed fixing process and shows excellent image quality for a long time by inhibiting inside contamination even in repeated use. In a toner including toner particles containing a binder resin, a hydrocarbon wax, and a coloring agent, the hydrocarbon wax is prescribed by a relationship in total amounts of components having carbon atoms in specific ranges in thermal desorption and GC/MS analysis when heated at 200° C. for 10 minutes. | 06-27-2013 |