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20110052917 | COPOLYMER INCLUDING UNCHARGED HYDROPHILIC BLOCK AND CATIONIC POLYAMINO ACID BLOCK HAVING HYDROPHOBIC GROUP IN PART OF SIDE CHAINS, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a block copolymer containing an uncharged hydrophilic polymer chain block and a cationic polyamino acid chain block, wherein the hydrophilic polymer chain block is covalently bound to one end of the main chain of the polyamino acid chain block, and the hydrophobic group is covalently bound to the side chains of not less than 10% and not greater than 70% of amino acid repeating units in the polyamino acid chain block. This block copolymer forms a stable aggregate with siRNA, a small-molecule nucleic acid, under a physiological condition. | 03-03-2011 |
20120196810 | ANIONIC POLYMER, POLYION COMPLEX AND TERNARY POLYMER COMPOSITE USING ANIONIC POLYMER, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - There are provided an anionic polymer, a polyion complex, and a ternary polymer composite, each of which is stable in a biological environment and is capable of realizing small RNA delivery without causing any undesired immune response. An anionic polymer according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a main chain which includes repeating units having carboxyl groups; and a side chain which is linked with part of the carboxyl groups in the main chain and is represented by the following formula: | 08-02-2012 |
20150080454 | UNIT STRUCTURE-TYPE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY - A unit structure-type pharmaceutical composition includes at least one nucleic acid, such as siRNA, electrostatically bound to at least one block copolymer having a cationic polyamino acid segment and a hydrophilic polymer chain segment. The negative charge(s) of the nucleic acid are counterbalanced, at least substantially, by the positive charge(s) of the cationic polyamino acid segment such that the pharmaceutical composition is electrically neutral or nearly electrically neutral. Further, the nucleic acid is covered with the hydrophilic polymer chain segment(s). The at least one block copolymer thereby improves the blood retention capability of the nucleic acid(s). | 03-19-2015 |
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20100323315 | Orthodontic bracket - An orthodontic bracket is provided for correcting teeth alignment. The orthodontic bracket allows for not relying on how an operator is skilled in ligation and also for minimizing the friction. The orthodontic bracket includes a slot having an opening into which an orthodontic wire can be inserted, and a shutter that can slide to block or unblock the opening. The orthodontic wire is placed in the slot by causing the shutter to slide and unblock the opening, inserting the wire through the opening, and causing the shutter to slide and block the opening. The orthodontic wire will not disengage from the slot, whereby rotation control, tipping control, and torque control may be reliably performed. Further, it is not necessary to perform ligation that causes the wire to be securely pressed against the bottom of the slot. Since the ligation is not tight, the tooth in question can be smoothly shifted. | 12-23-2010 |
20110151390 | Orthodontic bracket - An orthodontic bracket is provided for correcting teeth alignment. The orthodontic bracket allows for not relying on how an operator is skilled in ligation and also for minimizing the friction. The orthodontic bracket includes a slot having an opening into which an orthodontic wire can be inserted, and a shutter that can slide to block or unblock the opening. The orthodontic wire is placed in the slot by causing the shutter to slide and unblock the opening, inserting the wire through the opening, and causing the shutter to slide and block the opening. The orthodontic wire will not disengage from the slot, whereby rotation control, tipping control, and torque control may be reliably performed. Further, it is not necessary to perform ligation that causes the wire to be securely pressed against the bottom of the slot. Since the ligation is not tight, the tooth in question can be smoothly shifted. | 06-23-2011 |
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20090167784 | Computer program product containing image processing program, and image processing method - The computer-readable computer program product contains an image processing program for creating image data for display from RAW image data. The program includes: a command to read out the RAW image data from an image file; a command to read out from a first storage section of the image file a first parameter, created by the camera that created the RAW image data, for performing data conversion processing upon the RAW image data to create the image data for display from the RAW image data; a command to store a second parameter set by the image processing program in a second storage section, which is a different section of the image file from the first storage section; and a command to create the image data for display from the RAW image data, by performing data conversion processing using at least the first parameter or the second parameter. | 07-02-2009 |
20090167895 | Image data recording device, image processing device, and camera - The camera creates an image file in which are stored parameters for image processing and image data in relation to each other, the image data recording device stores the image file, and the image processing device performs processing on RAW image data based on the parameters stored in the image file. A plurality of sets of profiles for use in creation of image data for display having different characteristics of colors from RAW image data (characteristic parameter sets) and a camera-specified profile/gain (characteristic specification information) to designate which profiles from among plurality of profiles in each of the plurality of characteristic parameter sets are to be used for creating image data for display are registered in a file header by an image file creation unit of the camera in relation to each other. The image file is stored in the image file recording device, for example, a memory card. | 07-02-2009 |
20120281101 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device. | 11-08-2012 |
20140368679 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device. | 12-18-2014 |
20150189153 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device. | 07-02-2015 |
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20130309881 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR USE WITH A CIRCUIT BOARD - An electrical connector for use with a circuit board including an insulating housing used to be fixed to a circuit board, a plurality of signal contacts arranged on the insulating housing along a longitudinal direction of the same, at least one ground contact provided in an arrangement of the signal contacts on the insulating housing, and a conductive shell member provided for covering partially a portion of the insulating housing and to be connected with a grounding portion of the circuit board, wherein the conductive shell member has a ground connecting reed-like portion formed thereon so as to correspond to the ground contact and both of the ground connecting reed-like portion of the conductive shell member and the ground contact are connected by means of soldering with the grounding portion of the circuit board. | 11-21-2013 |
20140187059 | CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTING DEVICE - A circuit board connecting device comprising a first connector which having a first fixing metallic member attached to a first insulating housing, a second connector having a second fixing metallic member attached to a second insulating housing, and holding means operative to prevent the second insulating housing from being separated from the first insulating housing under a condition wherein the first and second insulating housings are coupled with each other, wherein end portions of a resilient movable holding member provided on the first connector are supported respectively by portions of the first fixing metallic member to engage respectively with portions of the second fixing metallic member for holding the second insulating housing when the second insulating housing is coupled with the first insulating housing, so that the end portions of the resilient movable holding member and the portions of the second fixing metallic member constitute the holding means. | 07-03-2014 |
20150064942 | CIRCUIT-TERMINAL CONNECTING DEVICE - A circuit-terminal connecting device comprising a first connector having a first housing attached to a first circuit board provided thereon with first circuit-terminals and a first metallic member, a second connector having a second housing attached to a second circuit board provided thereon with second circuit-terminals and a second metallic member and a manipulatable member mounted on the second housing, wherein an end portion of the manipulatable member is formed into a movable locking portion supported by the second metallic member, the first metallic member is provided thereon with a fixed locking portion, and the manipulatable member is resiliently deformed for causing the movable locking portion to engage with the fixed locking portion so that the second housing is put in mechanical lock to the first housing when the second housing is put in engagement with the first housing for connecting the second circuit-terminals with the first circuit-terminals. | 03-05-2015 |
20150099387 | CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTING DEVICE - A circuit board connecting device comprising a first connector which having a first fixing metallic member attached to a first housing, a second connector having a second fixing metallic member attached to a second housing, and holding means operative to prevent the second housing from being undesirably separated from the first housing under a condition in which the first and second housings are coupled with each other, wherein end portions of a resilient movable holding member provided on the first connector to be movable in a predetermined direction are supported respectively by the first fixing metallic member to engage respectively with portions of the second fixing metallic member for holding the second housing when the second housing is coupled with the first housing, so that the end portions of the resilient movable holding member and the portions of the second fixing metallic member constitute the holding means. | 04-09-2015 |
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20080287735 | MEDICAL TREATMENT ENDOSCOPE - A medical treatment endoscope according to the present invention is provided with: a flexible sheath capable of a bending operation; an arm section protruding from the tip of the sheath and capable of a bending operation; an operation stick formed to allow a procedure instrument to pass therethrough so that the operation stick is operated by an operator in an attempt to bend the arm section; and a channel unit having a first channel which allows the procedure instrument to pass therethrough so that the channel unit is inserted through the operation stick detachably. | 11-20-2008 |
20100030019 | ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL OPERATION METHOD - Endoscopic surgical operation method includes: a step of lifting a living tissue including an diseased tissue located distally relative to an operation channel of an endoscope inserted through a natural orifice; a step of suturing a proximal region and a distal region of the living tissue positioned basal relative to the diseased tissue lifted by a suturing means section projecting distally from the operation channel of the endoscope after the lifting; and a step of resecting the living tissue between the sutured regions and the diseased tissue endoscopically after suturing the proximal region and the distal region of the living tissue surrounding the diseased tissue. | 02-04-2010 |
20110301416 | MEDICAL TREATMENT ENDOSCOPE - The medical treatment endoscope according to the present invention includes a sheath having a flexibility; at least one arm member having a bending part that projects out from a front end of the sheath and performs bending actions; an open/close mechanism which directs the arm member from a direction along a central axis of the sheath to a direction deviated from the central axis of the sheath, and from a direction deviated from the central axis of the sheath to a direction along the central axis of the sheath; and a viewing device and an illuminating member that are disposed to the front end side of the sheath. | 12-08-2011 |
20120302949 | OPERATION MECHANISM, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND GUIDE CATHETER - An operation mechanism includes: a longitudinal member having a channel; a subject operation section provided at a distal end side of the member; an operation section provided at a proximal end side of the member; a first transmission means connected to the subject operation section at a distal end side thereof and formed to penetrate the operation section transmitting a first driving force; a first input portion provided in the operation section and connected to a proximal end side of the first transmission means to operate the subject operation section; a second input portion provided closer to the subject operation section side of the operation section than the first input portion and operated by a medical instrument inserted through the channel; and second transmission means connected to the first input portion and the second input portion and transmits a second driving force. | 11-29-2012 |
20130184528 | ENDOSCOPE, AND TREATMENT INSTRUMENT FOR ENDOSCOPE - A medical instrument system includes an elongated member having an inner space in a direction of a longitudinal axis, an insertion section installed at the inner space and having a bending section capable of being bent, a manipulation section configured to manipulate the bending section, a first manipulation member transmitting a driving force of the bending section in accordance with the manipulation by the manipulation section, a second manipulation member arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis, a connecting section having a first connecting section and a second connecting section and capable of connecting the first manipulation member and the second manipulation member, and a switching mechanism having a first acting section and a second acting section and switching between a connection state and a release state in accordance with a relative movement between the elongated member and the insertion section. | 07-18-2013 |
20140214063 | OPERATIVE METHOD FOR LUMEN - Full-thickness excision of tissue of a lesion in a lumen is performed through a natural orifice. Specifically, the tissue surrounding the lesion that is in a folded state is joined and severed using a linear stapler. The linear stapler includes a cutter and is inserted into the lumen. Joining and cutting is performed while organs outside of the lumen are pushed in a direction away from the lesion with the tip of the linear stapler. As a result of these steps being repeatedly performed along the periphery of the lesion, the lesion is excised. | 07-31-2014 |
20140296632 | ENDOSCOPE, AND TREATMENT INSTRUMENT FOR ENDOSCOPE - A medical instrument system includes an elongated member having an inner space in a direction of a longitudinal axis, an insertion section installed at the inner space and having a bending section capable of being bent, a manipulation section configured to manipulate the bending section, a first manipulation member transmitting a driving force of the bending section in accordance with the manipulation by the manipulation section, a second manipulation member arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis, a connecting section having a first connecting section and a second connecting section and capable of connecting the first manipulation member and the second manipulation member, and a switching mechanism having a first acting section and a second acting section and switching between a connection state and a release state in accordance with a relative movement between the elongated member and the insertion section. | 10-02-2014 |
20150150620 | TISSUE RESECTION APPARATUS - A tissue resection apparatus includes a pair of grasping members that holds a tissue; and a cartridge that is replaceably attached to the pair of grasping members. The cartridge includes a cartridge body that has a longitudinal axis and a slot extending along the longitudinal axis, guides a cutting member cutting a tissue by the slot, and defines a movement range of the cutting member; a pair of sealing portions that are provided on both sides of the slot so as to sandwich the slot and extend parallel to the slot, respectively; and a tissue sealing portion that is located closer to a distal end side than the slot and is provided on an extension line of the slot. | 06-04-2015 |
20160073859 | ENDOSCOPE TREATMENT SYSTEM - An endoscope auxiliary tool includes a first support section which is formed to extend along a longitudinal axis, a second support section which is formed substantially in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first support section, a first protrusion section and a second protrusion section which are formed at distal end sections of the first support section and the second support section, respectively, and disposed more distal than the distal end section of the endoscope to sandwich an axis of a channel having an opening at the distal end section of the endoscope, and a positioning section which is configured to position the first protrusion section and the second protrusion section with respect to the distal end section of the endoscope such that the first support section and the second support section are inclined to the axis of the channel. | 03-17-2016 |
20160135666 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device includes a long shaft member, a curved portion configured to be curved, a support member that is configured to be deformed along a curved shape of the curved portion, a guide member that extends from a distal end of the curved portion, and a linear member that includes a connection portion connected to the guide member, the linear member being inserted into the support member, and that pulls the guide member in accordance with a change of the curved shape. A central axis of the guide member is positioned apart from the central axis of the support member. The linear member which protrudes from the support member is inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the guide member and is connected to the connection portion. | 05-19-2016 |
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20120254110 | DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM - A computer node connected with an upstream computer node and a downstream computer node so as to be capable of communicating therewith has a replication file system of a master file system, a storing unit, and a controlling unit. The controlling unit receives incremental data showing a changed part of the master file system from the upstream computer node, stores the incremental data into the storing unit, reflects the incremental data on the file system, and transfers the incremental data to the downstream computer node. Moreover, in a case that incremental data for plural times having received from the upstream computer node and having not transferred to the downstream computer node yet are accumulated in the storing unit, the controlling unit merges, with last received incremental data among the incremental data for plural times, the rest of the incremental data for plural times. | 10-04-2012 |
20120324300 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, ACTIVE SYSTEM COMPUTER, AND STANDBY SYSTEM COMPUTER - Upon a receipt of an advance notice, an active system computer on which asynchronous replication is performed with a standby system computer stops a business application and transmits to the standby system computer transmission start information indicating start of data synchronization, data accumulated in a transmission queue | 12-20-2012 |
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20120093284 | X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - An X-ray photographing device ( | 04-19-2012 |
20150036800 | RADIOGRAPHIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT - Radiographic X-ray equipment includes a revolution driving device that causes an X-ray irradiating member and an X-ray imaging member to perform a revolving movement around a subject with a revolution center line as the center, and a main body control unit that controls the revolution driving device, a secondary driving device controlled by the main body control unit to cause the X-ray imaging member to perform a local movement different from the revolving movement, with a movement width in a predetermined direction, a storing means that stores electric power for the X-ray imaging member, and a supplying means that supplies electric power to the storing means. The X-ray imaging member and the storing means are connected to each other, and the secondary driving device causes the storing means and the X-ray imaging member to perform the local movement as a unit without moving relative to each other. | 02-05-2015 |
20150289833 | X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE - An X-ray imaging device wherein a control section rotates an arcuate movement arm by actuating a turn-driving unit, turns an X-ray source and an X-ray sensor around a subject, and actuates a shifting unit to simultaneously shift the transmission part of the subject, through which an X-ray flux detected by the X-ray sensor passing. Thus provided is an X-ray imaging device in which an X-ray imaging unit having a comparatively narrow detection area can be used to reduce costs, the imaging operation efficiency can be improved, and the vibration of moved members, such as the X-ray imaging unit, can be reduced. | 10-15-2015 |
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20080231879 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus including a data inputting part for inputting image data, a document recognizing part for recognizing the image data as a document, a document storing part for storing document data corresponding to the document recognized by the document recognizing part, and a stored document managing part for managing the document data stored in the document storing part is disclosed. The image processing apparatus has a document analyzing part configured to analyze the input image data, a text writing part configured to obtain an analysis result from the document analyzing part and write the analysis result in a text format, a part configured to associate the analysis result to the document data stored in the document storing part and register the analysis result in correspondence with the document data, and a part configured to search for a target document by referring to the registered analysis result. | 09-25-2008 |
20090073494 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing information processing program - An information processing apparatus which converts input image data having a data format before conversion into image data having a data format after conversion is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a data format storing unit which stores processing capability information of the information processing apparatus and information of the data formats after conversion by correlating the processing capability information with the information of the data formats after conversion, a processing capability information determining unit which determines the processing capability information of the information processing apparatus, and a data format conversion controlling unit which converts the input image data having the data format before conversion into the image data having the data format after conversion based on the determined result by the processing capability information determining unit by referring to the data format storing unit. | 03-19-2009 |
20090231603 | Apparatus, system, and method of communication - An apparatus, method, and system of determining which one of monochrome image data and color image data is desired according to a user instruction, and sending the image data in the desired format. | 09-17-2009 |