PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic endoscope having a thin outer diameter tip so as to having an excellent insertability by forming a guide passage or inserting therein a signal cable so that a connection part thereof for a probe is located at the center of the lower part of a tip body, and it sidewise and gradually slants rearward from the center. SOLUTION: A signal cable 12 for trans...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical fiber bundle for an endoscope preventing a cover tube from being burst and preventing optical fibers from being damaged by covering an optical fiber bundle with the flexible cover tube having high steam permeability, and forming vent holes for allowing ventilation between the inside and outside. SOLUTION: This optical fiber bundle 1 is covered with a cov...

PURPOSE: To prevent aging of a peripheral member vulnerable to heat by forming a finished photodetecting surface of a member mirror exposed to a light beam radiated from a light source lamp to restrict temperature rise of the member in the perimeter of an incident end face of a light guide. CONSTITUTION: After reflected on a reflection mirror 34, illumination light radiated from a light source lam...

An ultrasonic probe including a sensor head having an array of ultrasonic transducer elements is disclosed. The sensor head is located at the tip of a flexible shaft. The flexible shaft houses a flex circuit which is electrically connected directly to the transducer elements. The flex circuit transmits electrical signals from the transducer elements to the handle of the probe. The flexible shaft i...

A diagnostic or prognostic assay is disclosed for a disease or condition characterised by abnormal methylation of cytosine at a site or sites within the glutathione-S-transferase (GST) Pi gene and/or its regulatory flanking sequences (e.g. prostate cancer and liver cancer). The assay comprises; (i) isolating DNA from said subject, and (ii) determining (e.g. by selective PCR amplification) the pr...

The present invention was made in the light of the foregoing backgrounds, and an object thereof is to provide a forceps channel add-on device for an endoscope, provided on an outer periphery of an insertion portion of the endoscope. The forceps channel add-on device for an endoscope is an external forceps channel device for an endoscope, which is capable of providing two forceps channels or more w...

A back-up retention member drainage catheter (10) for insertion in the bladder and urethra of a patient undergoing a radical prostatectomy surgical procedure. The drainage catheter includes an elongated tubular member (11) having a drainage lumen (14) extending longitudinally therein with an external drainage port (15, 16) disposed near the distal end (12) of the tubular member. A back-up retentio...

A speaker system (10) includes a speaker box (12) and a speaker (14) mounted thereon. A bass reflex duct (16) is provided in the speaker box (12) at a position corresponding to an approximate center portion of the speaker (14). In addition, another duct (20) is provided around the speaker (14) in the speaker box. The bass reflex duct (16) is arranged inside of this other duct (20) so that the bass...

The weight of a fluid is used to drive a plurality of semi-permeable membranes or other filter material to produce a permeate, and in at least some level of the apparatus more than 30 % of the permeate produced is collected within a single casing (32). In other aspects, the filter material is at least partially contained within series production modules (40), which may contain transport zones for ...

An apparatus provided with a plurality of transport channels, transmits a data block and a control message having control bits required in decoding data bits. A first rate matching part provided in a selected one of the transport channels, passing the data block, punctures a predetermined number of data bits from the data bits within the data block. A second rate matching part provided in another ...

Water is supplied to the sprayers (1) via a ring-shaped pipe (4) connected to an exit pipe (11). A measuring and control unit (22) checks for factors and situations in which the growth of Legionella bacteria is promoted and carries out rinse sequences if necessary. The unit also determines when water can be sprayed.

Method and apparatus for heating a printhead by application of ink firing print pulses or non-nucleating heating pulses to ink firing resistors (38) during selected print firing periods wherein either an ink firing print pulse or a heating pulse, but not both, occurs during a selected print firing period.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a second dimension limiting structure of a capacitor assembling body comprising unit electric-double-layer capacitors to withstand its expansive pressure when applying a voltage to it, by charging initially the capacitor assembling body through a voltage not lower than its rated voltage in the state of attaching to it a first dimension limiting structure, and by hol...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure reliability of a battery as a product by manufacturing the battery which is stable in performance. SOLUTION: A negative electrode active material 4 is charged in a hollow cylindrical body along the inner circumference of a negative electrode can 2 of a bottomed hollow cylindrical body, and a positive electrode active material 8 is charged in the hollow cylindrical b...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charging control device capable of performing proper charging management of a storage battery, even if it is operated by anyone. Ž

SOLUTION: An operating panel 1 is provided with a float-charging switch 11 for instructing a control section 2 to output floating charge voltage previously set at a charging terminal 3 at floating of the charge, equalizing charg...

PURPOSE:To provide a negative electrode collector for a button-shaped alkaline battery capable of suppressing generation of hydrogen gas even when used in the button-shaped alkaline battery added with no mercury. CONSTITUTION:A negative electrode collector for a button-shaped alkaline battery is a negative electrode collector concurrently serving as a negative electrode case having a gel-state zin...

PURPOSE:To prevent the occurrence of positional dislocation at carrying time by eliminating vibration and rocking generated in a conveyance object. CONSTITUTION:A frame body 11, an upper plate 21 laid on the frame body 11, a vertical directional damper 22 to support the upper plate 21 with the frame body 11 in the vertical direction, a horizontal directional damper 23 to support the upper plate 21...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a negative electrode material for a lithium secondary battery with excellent lithium carrying ability and high capacity and provide the manufacturing method therefore. SOLUTION: Composite composition carbonaceous powder prepared by mixing fine particles of resin carbon into which carbon black having a DBP oil absorption of 100ml/100g or more is dispersed with high ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery package capable of not only preventing the ceiling part of a module battery from getting a high temperature due to stagnant air in a gap between the upper part and the lower part of each module battery, but also preventing incoming heat and outgoing heat from being unbalanced. SOLUTION: In a battery package 1 to store a rack in which plural module batteri...