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20090030362 | Contrast Agent-Removal System and Method of Activating the Contrast Agent-Removal System - The present invention aims to provide a contrast agent-removal system and a method of operating the system for efficiently removing the contrast agent which is cause of the renal function impairment. The system of the present invention includes a blood suction catheter which can be placed into the coronary sinus, a column for removing a contrast agent from the drawn blood, a blood drawing circuit for directing the blood into the column, a blood pump for controlling an amount of the drawn blood, a blood return circuit for returning the blood from which the contrast agent is removed to a patient's body and a device for measuring a blood suction pressure. In the method of operating the system, the blood is drawn with the blood suction catheter placed into the coronary sinus and the drawing blood is contacted with an adsorbent for adsorbing the contrast agent. | 01-29-2009 |
20090192494 | Catheter for Blood Removal - A catheter for blood removal that is to be provided in the coronary sinus via the inferior vena cava to remove the blood in the coronary sinus from the body wherein: the catheter for blood removal has a straight back end shaft, a curved front end shaft connected in the front end side of the back end shaft, a hub connected in the back end side of the back end shaft and a blood removal lumen extending from the back end of the catheter for blood removal to the front end thereof; the front end shaft comprises a first straight part, a first curve part following the first straight part, a second curve part following the first curve part, a second straight part following the second curve part, a third curve part following the second straight part and a third curve part following the third straight part. | 07-30-2009 |
20090287135 | Catheter - The present invention provides a catheter for extraction that can efficiently extract blood flowing in coronary sinus from coronary artery through coronary vein and has the same operability as catheters used in conventional PCI. The present invention also provides a catheter for extracorporeal circulation that can lessen an introduction number of devices for blood access as little as possible and reduce further the burden to a patient, in addition to the same operability as the catheters used in the conventional PCI. The catheter for extraction is equipped with blood extracting lumen in an inside and equipped with a hub at a proximal end portion, and when a minimum sectional area to a circumferential direction of the blood extracting lumen is referred to as S1 and immersion side length is referred to as L1, an equivalent diameter D1 satisfies the formula defined by D1=(4×S1)/L1 and the equivalent diameter D1 is at 1.80 mm. The catheter for extracorporeal circulation also has blood extracting lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end and blood return lumen extending from the proximal end of the catheter to a fixed length distal end. | 11-19-2009 |
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20090280950 | VEHICLE DRIVE FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle drive force control apparatus for controlling a drive force of a vehicle including: a main drive power source for driving main drive wheels through a coupling device and a transmission, an electric generator operated by a drive force generated by the main drive power source, and an electric motor which is driven by electric power generated by the electric generator, to generate a drive torque that can be transmitted to auxiliary drive wheels. The vehicle drive force control apparatus controls the coupling device and transmission to reduce an engaging force of the coupling device and shift up the transmission during driving of the auxiliary drive wheels, so that the operating speed of the main drive power source is raised according to a load of the coupling device, while the electric power generated by the electric generator is increased, permitting an increase of the drive torque of the auxiliary drive wheels and stable 4-wheel-drive control. | 11-12-2009 |
20100050800 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A power transmission apparatus includes a rotating electric device including a rotor and a stator; a speed reducer; and a case. The speed reducer includes a first drive gear provided on a first shaft connected to the rotating electric device; a first driven gear that engages with the first drive gear, and that is provided on a second shaft that is parallel to the first shaft; a second drive gear provided on the second shaft; and a second driven gear that engages with the second drive gear, and that rotates coaxially with the first shaft. The lower end of the stator, the lower end of the second driven gear, the lower end of the first driven gear, and the lower end of the rotor are disposed in a stated order in a direction from a lower position to an upper position, in the case. | 03-04-2010 |
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20100040873 | Two-Layered Copper-Clad Laminate - A two-layered copper-clad laminate having a copper layer formed on a polyimide film by sputtering and plating, characterized in that the two-layered copper-clad laminate shows a behavior of shrinkage in MD of the copper-clad laminate and expansion in TD of the copper-clad laminate, and a warpage of the materials for the laminate is 20 mm or less, wherein the warpage represents an extent of lift of the two-layered copper-clad laminate of 100 mm square after maintaining 50% humidity at a temperature of 23° C. for 72 hours. With respect to the two-layered CCL having a copper layer provided on a polyimide film by sputtering and plating, there is provided a two-layered CCL material exhibiting a reduced warpage of the laminate and provides a method for manufacturing the same. | 02-18-2010 |
20100215982 | Metal Covered Polyimide Composite, Process for Producing the Composite, and Apparatus for Producing the Composite - Provided is a metal covered polyimide composite comprising a tie-coat layer and a metal seed layer formed on a surface of a polyimide film by electroless plating or a drying method, and a copper layer or a copper alloy layer formed thereon by electroplating, wherein the copper plated layer or copper alloy plated layer includes three layers to one layer of the copper layer or copper alloy layer. The provided metal covered polyimide composite can effectively prevent peeling in a non-adhesive flexible laminate (especially a two-layer flexible laminate), particularly can effectively inhibit peeling from the interface of a copper layer and tin plating. Additionally provided are a method of producing the composite and an apparatus for producing the composite. | 08-26-2010 |
20100221563 | Metal Covered Polyimide Composite, Process for Producing the Composite, and Process for Producing Electronic Circuit Board - Provided is a metal covered polyimide composite comprising a tie-coat layer and a metal seed layer formed on a surface of a polyimide film by electroless plating or a drying method, and a copper layer or a copper alloy layer formed thereon by electroplating, wherein the copper plated layer or copper alloy plated layer comprises three layers to one layer of the copper layer or copper alloy layer, and there is a concentrated portion of impurities at the boundary of the copper layer or copper alloy layer when the copper layer or copper alloy layer is three layers to two layers, and there is no concentrated portion of impurities when the copper layer or copper alloy layer is a single layer. The provided metal covered polyimide composite can effectively prevent peeling in a non-adhesive flexible laminate (especially a two-layer flexible laminate), particularly can effectively inhibit peeling from the interface of a copper layer and tin plating. Additionally provided are a method of producing the composite and a method of producing an electronic circuit board. | 09-02-2010 |
20120132531 | Process and Apparatus for Producing a Metal Covered Polyimide Composite - A metal covered polyimide composite comprising a tie-coat layer and a metal seed layer formed on a surface of a polyimide film by electroless plating or a drying method is provided. A copper layer or a copper alloy layer is formed thereon by electroplating. The copper plated layer or copper alloy plated layer includes three layers to one layer of the copper layer or copper alloy layer. The metal covered polyimide composite effectively prevents peeling in a non-adhesive flexible laminate (especially a two-layer flexible laminate), and more particularly, effectively inhibits peeling from the interface of a copper layer and tin plating. A method of producing the composite and apparatus for producing the composite are also provided. | 05-31-2012 |
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20120191989 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH POWER SAVING MODE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of a failure in the processing to respond to reception information received from external equipment. In a normal power mode, a CPU of a main controller executes processing to respond to incoming packets, thereby generating response packets. In a power saving mode, a microprocessor of a LAN interface executes processing to respond to incoming packets to generate response packets. During return processing for return from power saving mode to normal power mode, the LAN interface transfers an incoming packet to the main controller and to the microprocessor of the LAN interface. | 07-26-2012 |
20140047432 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an update unit configured to, based on an update file related to update of firmware transferred from an information processing apparatus that communicates with the image processing apparatus, update the firmware, a character string creation unit configured to obtain apparatus information of the image processing apparatus and create a character string based on the obtained apparatus information, and an instruction unit configured to, in a case where the update unit succeeds with the update of the firmware, instruct the information processing apparatus to access a server apparatus that communicates with the information processing apparatus using location information of the server apparatus to which the character string created by the character string creation unit is attached. | 02-13-2014 |
20140115572 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus reduces downtime of the apparatus caused by firmware updates. When a function relating to an option unit not connected to the image forming apparatus is the update target, firmware of the image forming apparatus is not updated. | 04-24-2014 |
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20140037344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a transport belt, a driving roller, a transferring member, a nip portion, and an applying portion. The transferring member makes contact with the inner circumferential surface of the transport belt to press the transport belt against the image carrying member. The nip portion is formed between the transport belt and the image carrying member by the pressure of the transferring member. The applying portion applies a bias to the transferring member. Application of the bias to the transferring member causes, at the nip portion, the toner image carried on the image carrying member to be transferred to the recording medium carried on the transport belt. Near the nip portion, a pair of support members are arranged which keeps both width-direction end parts of the transport belt in contact with the image carrying member. | 02-06-2014 |
20140363181 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a transfer belt facing a surface of the image carrier, forming a nip serving as a transfer position with the image carrier, and configured to transfer a toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier to a recording paper sheet with a transfer bias of opposite polarity to the surface of the image carrier; a fixing section configured to heat the sheet having the transferred toner image thereon to fix the toner image; and a static eliminator disposed downstream of the transfer position in a direction of conveyance of the sheet and configured to expose a back surface of the sheet opposite to the surface having the transferred toner image thereon to a DC discharge having the same polarity as the transfer bias and directed toward a position where the sheet separates from the transfer belt. | 12-11-2014 |
20150117876 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a transfer belt configured to be charged to an opposite polarity to the surface of the photosensitive drum to electrostatically attract a recording paper sheet and convey the sheet while pressing the sheet against the photosensitive drum, thereby transferring a toner image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum to the sheet; a fixing section configured to apply heat to the recording paper sheet having the toner image transferred thereto and thus fix the toner image on the sheet; a toner collecting member disposed to face a separating position where the recording paper sheet is separated from the transfer belt and extending in a width direction of the sheet being conveyed, the toner collecting member being electrically grounded; and a thermally conductive member configured to collect heat near the fixing section and conduct the collected heat to the toner collecting member. | 04-30-2015 |
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20120152400 | MACHINING METHOD FOR AUSTENITE STAINLESS STEEL EQUIPMENT AND PIPING, AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT AND PIPING MACHINED BY USE OF THE SAME - A machining method for austenite stainless steel equipment and piping, and nuclear power plant equipment and piping machined by use of this method are provided to suppress occurrence of a hardened layer due to machining, and capable of suppressing occurrence of SCC without performing an after treatment and reducing working hours and cost. The machining method for austenite stainless steel equipment and piping according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a finishing treatment process for performing a machining operation by use of a throw-away tip ( | 06-21-2012 |
20130190920 | MACHINING CONDITIONS SETTING SYSTEM, MACHINING CONDITIONS SETTING METHOD, AND WORKPIECE MACHINED USING THE SAME - It is provided that a machining conditions setting system and a machining conditions setting method with which it is possible to select a machining condition for machining according to a target degree of hardness and obtain a predetermined degree of hardness by performing only the machining. The machining conditions setting system includes: a machining conditions database that, by determining in advance a relationship between the machining condition and a degree of hardness of the workpiece machined under the machining condition, stores the machining condition corresponding to the material of the workpiece and a range of degree of hardness for machining; and machining conditions selection means into which a material of a workpiece and a target degree of hardness are input, and which outputs a machining condition under which machining with the target degree of hardness can be performed, referring to the machining conditions database. | 07-25-2013 |
20130218320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CUTTING QUALITY - Provided is a method for maintaining cutting quality in which a work surface can be reliably maintained at a predetermined hardness or less regardless of a disturbance during cutting. The method includes a data-acquiring step of acquiring, as a target cutting resistance, the cutting resistance of a machining tool ( | 08-22-2013 |
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20080197828 | Switching regulator - A switching regulator includes a switching transistor to switch in accordance with an input control signal, an inductor charged with an input voltage in response to a switching operation by the switching transistor, a switch signal generator to detect an inductor current flowing through the inductor from a voltage at a connection point between the switching transistor and the inductor and output a predetermined switch signal after a time in accordance with the input voltage when detecting the inductor current is zero, and a controller to perform a PWM control or a PFM control on the switching transistor in accordance with the switch signal output from the switch signal generator to keep an output voltage output from the output terminal at a predetermined constant voltage. The controller performs the PFM control when the predetermined switch signal is continuously input thereto from the switch signal generator one or more times. | 08-21-2008 |
20090174384 | SWITCHING REGULATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A disclosed switching regulator converts an input voltage to an output voltage of a predetermined level and outputs the output voltage. The disclosed switching regulator includes a switching transistor configured to be turned on and off according to a control signal; an inductor configured to be charged by the input voltage when the switching transistor is turned on; a mode switching circuit configured to generate a switching signal for switching a control mode of the switching transistor between a PWM control mode and a VFM control mode; and a control circuit configured to control the switching transistor in the PWM control mode or the VFM control mode depending on the switching signal from the mode switching circuit so that the output voltage is maintained at the predetermined level. | 07-09-2009 |
20090302820 | SWITCHING REGULATOR - In a switching regulator, a peak current value of an inductor current iL corresponding to a critical current is obtained by {(Vin−Vout)/Vin×Vout/L×Ts}, where Ts is the frequency of clock signals CLK constituting set pulses generated at predetermined timings by an oscillating circuit | 12-10-2009 |
20110169464 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A DC-DC converter to convert an input voltage into a predetermined voltage includes a first switching device to provide energy for an inductor; a second switching device to discharge the energy from the inductor to an output terminal; an error amplifier to amplify an error voltage between a first reference voltage and a monitoring voltage obtained by dividing an output voltage output from the output terminal; a set signal generation circuit including a first comparator into which a second reference voltage and an output of the error amplifier are input; a reset signal generation circuit; a control circuit into which an output from the set signal generation circuit and an output from the reset signal generation circuit are input; and a detection circuit to detect a switching frequency of an electric power supply, wherein a characteristic of the first comparator is changed according to the switching frequency. | 07-14-2011 |
20120038341 | SWITCHING REGULATOR AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A non-isolated type switching regulator having an inductor includes: a switch element; a rectification element; an error amplifying circuit section amplifying a voltage difference between a feedback voltage and a first reference voltage and outputting as an error voltage; a first voltage comparison circuit section performing a voltage comparison of a ramp voltage which performs a voltage change set beforehand with the error voltage to be synchronized with the switching of the switch element and producing and outputting a first comparison signal; a second voltage comparison circuit performing a voltage comparison of the error voltage with a second reference voltage and producing and outputting a second comparison signal; an oscillation circuit section starting an oscillation based on the second comparison signal and producing and outputting a clock signal; and a control circuit section performing a switching control of the switch element based on the clock signal and the first comparison signal. | 02-16-2012 |
20150061615 | SWITCHING REGULATOR - A switching regulator includes a first switching element and a second switching element in a pair to be switched over to convert an input voltage to a certain constant voltage, and an operation monitor to monitor an operation state of the first switching element, in which a switching of the second switching element is changed according to a result of the monitoring by the operation monitor. | 03-05-2015 |