Abstract: Provided is a balloon for a balloon catheter that can suppress circumferential fracture by generating longitudinal axial fracture in the central part of the balloon, and prevent the fracture in the longitudinal axis direction from extending to the proximal or distal side of the balloon to form a L-shaped crack by keeping the longitudinal fracture within the straight tubular part. A balloon (2) for a balloon catheter has a main orientation direction of the molecular orientation in a proximal section (23a) and a distal section (23e) of a straight tubular part (23) is the circumferential direction z, and a component of the molecular orientation in the longitudinal axis direction x in the central section (23c) of the straight tubular part (23) is more than a component in the longitudinal axis direction x in the proximal section (23a) and the distal section (23e) of the straight tubular part (23).

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel production method which makes it possible to obtain a molded product containing a P3HB-based resin through an injection blow molding method and a technique for using such a method. The object is achieved by providing a method for producing a molded product containing a P3HB-based resin, the method including the steps of: (A) plasticizing a resin composition containing a P3HB-based resin; (B) subjecting the plasticized resin composition obtained in the step (A) to injection molding to obtain a preform; and (C) subjecting the preform obtained in the step (B) to blow molding to obtain a molded product.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing PHA capable of providing PHA (for example, a PHA powder) having excellent thermal stability with high productivity. The present invention is a method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid, the method including a step (a) and a step (b) below step (a) of preparing an aqueous suspension liquid containing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid and polyvinyl alcohol and having a pH of 7 or less; and step (b) of spray-drying the aqueous suspension liquid prepared in the step (a).

Abstract: An embolization device for a bump in a lumen, comprising: an outer tube having a distal end and a proximal end; a basket disposed in a lumen of the outer tube, having a plurality of wires, expandable when coming out of the outer tube, and composed of a mesh-like wall surface on which the plurality of wires intersect; and a basket pusher disposed on a proximal side of the basket, wherein the basket has a first bundling portion at which the plurality of wires are bundled and fixed on a distal side thereof and a second bundling portion at which the plurality of wires are bundled and fixed on the proximal side thereof, the plurality of wires exist inside the second bundling portion, and no passage for inserting a medical long object into the basket exists inside the second bundling portion.

Abstract: A discharge handling system includes: a power module; a power conversion device; and an arc discharge detection device, the arc discharge detection device including an arc discharge detector configured to detect occurrence of an arc discharge between the power module and the power conversion device, the arc discharge detection device monitoring the number of times of the arc discharge detected by the arc discharge detector and discharge time of the arc discharge every time a monitoring time elapses.

Abstract: A flame retardant article has excellent flame retardancy. The flame retardant article contains a cured resin member that is obtained by curing a thermosetting resin composition containing a thermosetting resin. The cured resin member forms an oxygen insulating carbonized layer when being burned. The cured resin member is present in at least a part of a surface of the expanded member obtained by expanding a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin. The thermoplastic resin generates a residue when heated to 600° C. at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./minute under a nitrogen atmosphere.

Abstract: Anisotropic graphite and an anisotropic graphite composite are provided, each having excellent heat transmission performance and excellent long-term reliability as a heat transmitting element, and a production method for the anisotropic graphite composite. A face of anisotropic graphite which face is perpendicular to crystal orientation planes of graphite layers of the anisotropic graphite may be subjected to surface treatment so as to obtain anisotropic graphite having a specific surface roughness. An anisotropic graphite composite may include anisotropic graphite having an interface that has a specific interface roughness; a titanium-containing metal layer; and an inorganic material layer.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to adsorb calciprotein particles. An adsorbent for calciprotein particles of the present invention is characterized in that the surface of a water-insoluble carrier is covalently bonded, through a hydrocarbon group, to at least one selected from the group consisting of amino group, carboxyl group, phosphate group, phosphono group, phosphino group, and thiol group.

Abstract: Provided is an organic EL panel. A first conductive film, an organic functional film, a second conductive film, and a sealing film are provided on a substrate. The first conductive film includes a first main body, a first electrode pad, and a second electrode pad. The second conductive film includes a second main body, and a second electrode pad region extending from the second main body toward the first vertex. The second electrode pad region extends to a stretched region exposed from the sealing film which covers a light-emitting region. A first electrode conduction path surrounds at least half of the light-emitting region and connects the electrode pads. A circuit board is fixed near the first vertex. A first electrode wire is configured to adhere to the electrode pads. A second electrode wire is configured to adhere to the second electrode pad region in the stretched region.

Abstract: Provided is a balloon for a balloon catheter that can incise a stenosis obliquely or incise a stenosis widely in the deflated state. A balloon for a balloon catheter having a balloon body (20) and a protrusion part (60) having a tip part (61), and satisfying the following (1) and/or (2): (1) the tip part (61) of the distal tapered part (24) is located on a first direction (C1) side and not on a second direction (C2) side in the circumferential direction of the balloon body (20) with respect to a straight line (Ld) in the deflated state; (2) the tip part (61) of the proximal tapered part (22) is located on a first direction (C1) side and not on a second direction (C2) side in the circumferential direction of the balloon body (20) with respect to a straight line (Lp) in the deflated state.

Abstract: A method to efficiently extract and purify a target foreign protein expressed with the use of an E. coli strain from the periplasm is disclosed. The method for producing a protein comprising the steps (a) to (c) below: (a) a step of introducing a gene encoding a target foreign protein into E. coli having modification in a gene associated with maintenance of the outer membrane structure; (b) a step of culturing the E. coli of (a); and (c) a step of recovering a target foreign protein from the periplasmic fraction of the microbial cell after culture.

Abstract: A masterbatch (C) containing thermally expandable microcapsules (A) and a carrier resin composition (B) is provided. The carrier resin composition (B) contains a carrier resin (B1) and a plasticizer (B2), the carrier resin (B1) being an acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 8,000 or more and 350,000 or less, and the plasticizer (B2) being an acrylic plasticizer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 20,000 or less. The carrier resin composition (B) is substantially compatible with a polycarbonate resin and has a shear viscosity of 1.0 Pa·s or more and 1.5×106 Pa·s or less at 80° C. The occurrence of whitening is suppressed and a good appearance can be obtained in an injection molded foam made with the masterbatch. A polycarbonate resin composition, an injection molded foam, and a method for producing an injection molded foam are provided.

Abstract: A means of reducing bioburden in cyclic lipopeptide compound products by a simple operation without impairing their quality or function is provided. A method for reducing bioburden of a cyclic lipopeptide compound is characterized by irradiating a cyclic lipopeptide compound with a radiation beam. A method for producing a cyclic lipopeptide compound with reduced bioburden includes irradiating a cyclic lipopeptide compound with a radiation beam.

Abstract: This invention is intended to suppress cell death occurring at the time of transition of adherent culture of pluripotent stem cells to suspension culture thereof. Pluripotent stem cells are subjected to adherent culture in a liquid medium comprising a PKC? inhibitor and a TNKS inhibitor and then to suspension culture.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to easily obtain a large number of cardiomyocyte spheroids from cardiomyocytes separated into single cells. The present invention provides a method of producing a cardiomyocyte spheroid, the method comprising a step of culturing cardiomyocytes separated into single cells while stirring liquid in a container in which the cardiomyocytes are suspended, thereby causing aggregation of the cells.

Abstract: A balloon catheter may include a shaft having a distal side and a proximal side and a balloon provided at the distal side of the shaft. The balloon may have a plurality of wings in a deflated state, with each of the wings having a projection on an outer surface in a wrapped state, and each of the projections having a projecting direction, which is opposite to a wrapping direction of the wing. In a cross section that is perpendicular to a long axis direction of the balloon, a base of the projection may have a base first end part farther from a tip of the wing and a base second end part closer to the tip of the wing, and a tip of the projection may be closer to a base of the wing with respect to a line passing through the base first end part which is perpendicular to a line passing through the base first end part and the base second end part.

Abstract: An acrylic fiber for artificial hair may include an acrylic copolymer. The acrylic fiber has a fiber cross section including 2 to 4 T-shaped protrusions that extend radially from a central portion. Each of the T-shaped protrusions has an arc-shaped upper side that bulges in a direction away from the central portion. A circumradius of the fiber cross section is 40.0 to 60.0 ?m. A distance between adjacent end portions of the corresponding upper sides of the adjacent T-shaped protrusions is 3.0 to 60.0 ?m. An axial width is 10.0 ?m or more. Torsional rigidity of the acrylic fiber is 0.30 to 2.0 mg·cm2. The acrylic fiber for artificial hair has high volume, good texture, and good twist processability, and a hair ornament may include the acrylic fiber for artificial hair.

Abstract: A metal-clad laminate and techniques using the metal-clad laminate are provided where the metal-clad laminate has excellent adhesiveness between a substrate and metal foil in addition to good dielectric characteristics and heat resistance. The metal-clad laminate includes an insulating layer in contact with metal foil where the insulating layer further includes a resin composition and a fibrous base material. The resin composition contains a specific resin (A) and specific core-shell polymer particles (B), and a surface of the metal foil has a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of not more than 2.0 ?m.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bronchoscope facilitating observation of a peripheral bronchus, and a method of using the same. The bronchoscope includes: a sheath having a longitudinal axis direction, the sheath having a first lumen and a second lumen each extending in the longitudinal axis direction; an endoscopic camera disposed in the first lumen; and a balloon catheter including a shaft inserted to the second lumen to be shiftable in the longitudinal axis direction and a balloon provided at a distal portion of the shaft, wherein the balloon has a pressurization lumen to be provided with fluid to receive positive pressure, and the second lumen is configured to receive negative pressure to cause a distal end of the sheath to stick to an inner wall of a bronchus.

Abstract: Polypropylene-based resin extruded expanded particles have a low open cell ratio and are inexpensively obtainable. The polypropylene-based resin extruded expanded particles are obtained by extrusion expansion of a resin composition that contains a polypropylene-based resin (A) which has a branched structure and a polypropylene-based resin (B) in which a branched structure is not introduced. Furthermore, the polypropylene-based resin (B) has a weight average molecular weight of not less than 500,000 and a flexural modulus of not less than 950 MPa.