Abstract: A medical retainer is provided capable of independently controlling supplying air and water to a hollow organ like a stomach and a lumen of a small intestine. The medical retainer for sealing a fluid, the retainer being subject to be retained in a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, the medical retainer includes: a sealing section for sealing the fluid, the sealing section making contact with a wall of the gastrointestinal tract; a main body having passageways; and directional valves disposed in the passageways for allowing one of upward flow and downward flow of the fluid relative to the position of the retainer.

Abstract: The medical procedure via a natural opening according to the present invention includes: adjusting the patient's body so that a target site on the anterior wall of a hollow organ faces in the direction opposite to the direction of gravitational force; introducing a liquid inflow conduit in the vicinity of the target site, and flowing liquid into the hollow organ via the liquid inflow conduit, to form a liquid holding area and a gas retaining area inside the hollow organ; introducing an observation device into the hollow organ, and confirming the position of the target site from the position of the gas retaining area; and incising while observation the target area.

Abstract: There is provided a snowboard capable of drawing attention of a back sliding person more appropriately than the related art. A snowboard including: a board (20) having a sole member (21); LEDs (60 to 69) which are arranged between a snow contacting point (21a) of a nose (20c) side of the board (20) and a snow contacting point (21b) of a tail (20d) side of the board (20); a front foot binding fixed to the board (20) for fixing the front foot of a user; and a back foot binding fixed to the board (20) for fixing the back foot of the user, wherein the sole member (21) is translucent and covers the LEDs (60 to 69); and the LEDs (60 to 69) are arranged in positions to emit light to the outside of the board (20) through the sole member (21) and are arranged between the front foot binding and the back foot binding to indicate the length between the front foot binding and the back foot binding.

Abstract: An endotracheal tube according to the present invention is used by being installed into a patient so as to use it together with a device having an insertion section which is inserted into the body. A portion overlapping with the device inserted into the patient is formed as a flat shape; and furthermore, an outer face portion formed along a longitudinal direction of a cross-section, of the portion formed in the flat shape contacts the device.

Abstract: There is provided a snowboard capable of drawing attention of a back sliding person more appropriately than the related art. A snowboard including: a board (20) having a sole member (21); LEDs (60 to 69) which are arranged between a snow contacting point (21a) of a nose (20c) side of the board (20) and a snow contacting point (21b) of a tail (20d) side of the board (20); a front foot binding fixed to the board (20) for fixing the front foot of a user; and a back foot binding fixed to the board (20) for fixing the back foot of the user, wherein the sole member (21) is translucent and covers the LEDs (60 to 69); and the LEDs (60 to 69) are arranged in positions to emit light to the outside of the board (20) through the sole member (21) and are arranged between the front foot binding and the back foot binding to indicate the length between the front foot binding and the back foot binding.

Abstract: A medical retainer is provided capable of independently controlling supplying air and water to a hollow organ like a stomach and a lumen of a small intestine. The medical retainer for sealing a fluid, the retainer being subject to be retained in a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, the medical retainer includes: a sealing section for sealing the fluid, the sealing section making contact with a wall of the gastrointestinal tract; a main body having passageways; and directional valves disposed in the passageways for allowing one of upward flow and downward flow of the fluid relative to the position of the retainer.

Abstract: A flat panel display having an improved impact resistance performance is provided. The flat panel display includes a front panel made up of a transparent substrate and a laminate that is fixed to the back side of the transparent substrate, and a back panel that is adhered to the front panel. The transparent substrate of the front panel has a remaining tensile stress while the laminate of the same has a remaining compressive stress.

Abstract: The medical procedure via a natural opening according to the present invention includes: adjusting the patient's body so that a target site on the anterior wall of a hollow organ faces in the direction opposite to the direction of gravitational force; introducing a liquid inflow conduit in the vicinity of the target site, and flowing liquid into the hollow organ via the liquid inflow conduit, to form a liquid holding area and a gas retaining area inside the hollow organ; introducing an observation device into the hollow organ, and confirming the position of the target site from the position of the gas retaining area; and incising while observation the target area.

Abstract: An endotracheal tube according to the present invention is used by being installed into a patient so as to use it together with a device having an insertion section which is inserted into the body. A portion overlapping with the device inserted into the patient is formed as a flat shape; and furthermore, an outer face portion formed along a longitudinal direction of a cross-section, of the portion formed in the flat shape contacts the device.

Abstract: In a surgical instrument for endoscopes, one end of an resecting section of a wire to be used for resecting a lesion is fixedly connected to a fluid injection needle, and the other end of the same is fixedly connected to a surgical instrument operation section. As a result, the retraction of the fluid injection needle and the resection of the lesion can be carried out by means of a single operation for sliding the treatment instrument operation section.

Abstract: A method of forming barrier ribs for a display panel, comprising the steps of: forming a glass layer for an underlying layer having a first low-melting glass powder with a softening point of a temperature A dispersed in a vehicle, and a glass layer for a barrier-rib layer having a second low-melting glass powder with a softening point of a temperature B2 higher than the temperature A and a third low-melting glass powder with a softening point of a temperature B1 higher than the temperature A but lower than the temperature B2 dispersed in a vehicle, on a substrate in this order; heating up to sinter the glass layer for the underlying layer and the glass layer for the barrier-rib layer at a temperature Z higher than the temperature A but lower than the temperature B2, thereby burning out the vehicles therefrom, forming a carve-resistive underlying layer and a barrier-rib material layer easy to carve; forming a mask for carving in a pattern corresponding in plan to barrier ribs on the barrier-rib material layer,