Abstract: An instrument captures free thrombi by inhibiting blood coagulation reaction at the stage of primary hemostasis, in which platelets are involved, and at the stage of coagulation thrombus formation, in which blood coagulation factors are involved, thereby securely capturing free thrombi and extending the available time of the instrument.

Abstract: For connecting a board member inserted in a board insertion direction, a board connector includes a contact with a first and a second beam portion, a housing holding the contact, and an actuator integral with the first beam portion. The first and the second beam portions include a first and a second clamping portion, respectively, for clamping therebetween the board member. The actuator includes an effort point portion formed forward with respect to the first clamping portion in the board insertion direction. When an operator inserts the board member into the board connector, the board member pushes and moves the effort point portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a high-strength stabilizer steel for vehicles having excellent corrosion resistance and low-temperature toughness, containing 0.07 to 0.20% C, more than 0.6% and 1.5% or less Si, 1 to 3% Mn, 0.1 to 1.0% Cr, 0.005 to 0.080% sAl, 0.005 to 0.060% Ti, 0.005 to 0.060% Nb, 0.070% or less Ti+Nb, 150 ppm or less N, 0.035% or less P, 0.035% or less S, 0.01 to 1.00% Cu, 0.01 to 1.00% Ni, the remainder being Fe, and unavoidable impurities, wherein a structure before molding a stabilizer is any one of a bainite, a martensite, and a mixed structure of bainite/martensite and an original austenitic crystal grain size number after a heat treatment of the stabilizer is Gh 9 or more.

Abstract: For connecting a board member inserted in a board insertion direction, a board connector includes a contact with a first and a second beam portion, a housing holding the contact, and an actuator integral with the first beam portion. The first and the second beam portions include a first and a second clamping portion, respectively, for clamping therebetween the board member. The actuator includes an effort point portion formed forward with respect to the first clamping portion in the board insertion direction. When an operator inserts the board member into the board connector, the board member pushes and moves the effort point portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a high-strength stabilizer steel for vehicles having excellent corrosion resistance and low-temperature toughness, containing 0.07 to 0.20% C, more than 0.6% and 1.5% or less Si, 1 to 3% Mn, 0.1 to 1.0% Cr, 0.005 to 0.080% sAl, 0.005 to 0.060% Ti, 0.005 to 0.060% Nb, 0.070% or less Ti+Nb, 150 ppm or less N, 0.035% or less P, 0.035% or less S, 0.01 to 1.00% Cu, 0.01 to 1.00% Ni, the remainder being Fe, and unavoidable impurities, wherein a structure before molding a stabilizer is any one of a bainite, a martensite, and a mixed structure of bainite/martensite and an original austenitic crystal grain size number after a heat treatment of the stabilizer is Gh 9 or more.

Abstract: An alienated thrombus capture device 1 has a ring portion 12 made of a wire member having foldable elasticity, an flexibly transformable linear stiffener portion 11 that penetrates the ring portion 12, a porous bursiform portion 13 whose opening edge portion 13a is mounted on the ring portion 12 and whose closed edge portion 13b is mounted on a part of a distal end side of the stiffener portion 11, and flexibly transformable support linear member portion 14 that is supported between the stiffener portion 11 and the ring portion 12 in a strained state. The support linear member portion 14 supports the ring portion 12 in a spread state with a distance between a support portion 14a on the stiffener portion 11 and a circumference of the ring portion 12 kept generally constant at least in a state that the ring portion 12 is spread.

Abstract: To provide a connector that includes a locking section having a high strength, and is excellent in shielding performance. Contacts are held by a housing including a receiving space into which is inserted FPC. An actuator is mounted in the housing in a manner pivotally movable between open position for inserting FPC into the space, and closed position for holding FPC therein. The housing is covered with a shield plate. The shield plate includes a contact portion for contact with a ground line of FPC, a terminal portion for contact with a printed circuit board, and a seesaw-type locking section for preventing FPC from being removed. A nail portion is formed at one end of the locking section, for engagement with FPC, and a power point portion on which a pivotal force of the actuator acts is formed at the other end. The actuator is provided with a third cam portion which is operable when the actuator is in closed position, to move the power point portion such that the nail portion comes closer to FPC.

Abstract: A connector capable of facilitating the insertion of a connected object, and obtaining a sufficient contact force. Contacts are held by a housing including a receiving space into which is inserted FPC. An actuator is mounted in the housing in a manner pivotally movable between open position for inserting FPC into the space, and closed position for holding FPC therein. The contacts have respective seesaw-type beams having one ends thereof formed with portions for contact with FPC, and the other ends thereof formed with power point portions for receiving the turning force of the actuator. The actuator has pressing portions for pushing downward the power point portions when open, to thereby lift them to move the contact portions out of the space, and cam portions for pushing upward the same when closed, to thereby push them downward to cause the contact portions to enter the space.

Abstract: A connector capable of facilitating the insertion of a connected object, and obtaining a sufficient contact force. Contacts are held by a housing including a receiving space into which is inserted FPC. An actuator is mounted in the housing in a manner pivotally movable between open position for inserting FPC into the space, and closed position for holding FPC therein. The contacts have respective seesaw-type beams having one ends thereof formed with portions for contact with FPC, and the other ends thereof formed with power point portions for receiving the turning force of the actuator. The actuator has pressing portions for pushing downward the power point portions when open, to thereby lift them to move the contact portions out of the space, and cam portions for pushing upward the same when closed, to thereby push them downward to cause the contact portions to enter the space.

Abstract: To provide a connector that includes a locking section having a high strength, and is excellent in shielding performance. Contacts are held by a housing including a receiving space into which is inserted FPC. An actuator is mounted in the housing in a manner pivotally movable between open position for inserting FPC into the space, and closed position for holding FPC therein. The housing is covered with a shield plate. The shield plate includes a contact portion for contact with a ground line of FPC, a terminal portion for contact with a printed circuit board, and a seesaw-type locking section for preventing FPC from being removed. A nail portion is formed at one end of the locking section, for engagement with FPC, and a power point portion on which a pivotal force of the actuator acts is formed at the other end. The actuator is provided with a third cam portion which is operable when the actuator is in closed position, to move the power point portion such that the nail portion comes closer to FPC.

Abstract: In a connector including first and second contacts having first and second contact points, respectively, an actuator is provided rotatable between a closed position and an open position and includes a cam portion faced to a connection object and a cutout portion adjacent to the cam portion. The first contact further has an engaging portion and a first beam portion elastically supporting the engaging portion to a housing. The engaging portion has a recess faced to the connection object and engaged with the cam portion. The second contact further has a contacting portion disposed at the cutout portion and a second beam portion elastically supporting the contacting portion to the housing. The contacting portion has a shape such that the contacting portion surrounds the cam portion in cooperation with the recess and biases the actuator towards the open position when the actuator is located near the open position.

Abstract: In a connector including first and second contacts having first and second contact points, respectively, an actuator is provided rotatable between a closed position and an open position and includes a cam portion faced to a connection object and a cutout portion adjacent to the cam portion. The first contact further has an engaging portion and a first beam portion elastically supporting the engaging portion to a housing. The engaging portion has a recess faced to the connection object and engaged with the cam portion. The second contact further has a contacting portion disposed at the cutout portion and a second beam portion elastically supporting the contacting portion to the housing. The contacting portion has a shape such that the contacting portion surrounds the cam portion in cooperation with the recess and biases the actuator towards the open position when the actuator is located near the open position.

Abstract: An alienated thrombus capture device 1 comprises a ring portion 12 made of a wire member having foldable elasticity, an flexibly transformable linear stiffener portion 11 that penetrates the ring portion 12, a porous bursiform portion 13 whose opening edge portion 13a is mounted on the ring portion 12 and whose closed edge portion 13b is mounted on a part of a distal end side of the stiffener portion 11 and an flexibly transformable support linear member portion 14 that is supported between the stiffener portion 11 and the ring portion 12 in a strained state, and the support linear member portion 14 supports the ring portion 12 in a spread state with a distance between a support portion 14a on the stiffener portion 11 and a circumference of the ring portion 12 kept generally constant at least in a state that the ring portion 12 is spread.

Abstract: A television audiovisual apparatus using a personal computer comprises an audio/video I/O interface including a television tuner, disposed in the personal computer, and an information compression/decompression unit for compressing audio/video signals input through the audio/video I/O interface in accordance with the MPEG2 specifications to store the compressed audio/video signals in a large capacity storage disposed in the personal computer, and for decompressing compressed audio/video signals in accordance with the MPEG2 specifications.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a hollow stabilizer comprises a primary pipe manufacturing process for subjecting a seam-welded pipe to hot reduction working, thereby obtaining a primary pipe, and winding the primary pipe in a coil, a cold drawing process for subjecting the primary pipe to cold drawing so that the rate of reduction in area is not lower than 30%, thereby obtaining a thick-walled pipe having a wall thickness ratio of 0.20 to 0.27 higher than that of the seam-welded pipe and tensile strength of 800 N/mm2 to 1,000 N/mm2 is obtained, an internal shot peening process to be carried out as required, a bending process for bending the thick-walled pipe into a desired stabilizer shape in a cold state, an annealing process for subjecting the pipe to stress relieving annealing at a temperature of 300° C. to 450° C., after the bending process, and a shot peening process for shot-peening the annealed pipe.

Abstract: The device is to keep a collapsible/restorable elastic artificial blood vessel 1 in a collapsed condition, to transport the artificial blood vessel 1 to a target position and subsequently to restore the artificial blood vessel 1 into a predetermined shape by releasing it from the collapsed condition. The device comprises wrapping members 51, 52 which are generally flat when spread and wires 53, 54 which hold each of the wrapping members 51, 52 in a condition of being rolled, wherein each of a body portion 2 and a branch portion 3 of the artificial blood vessel 1 is contained inside the wrapping members 51, 52 held by the wires 53, 54 in a collapsed condition and the wires 53, 54 are separated from the wrapping members 51, 52 at the target position to spread the wrapping members 51, 52 so as to release the artificial blood vessel 1.

Abstract: A device for guiding a branched artificial blood vessel 1 having a tubular main body 5 with collapsible/restorable elasticity and a branch portion 6 with collapsible/restorable elasticity which branches from a part of the main body 5 with its internal space communicating with the main body 5, which artificial blood vessel 1 has been transferred as collapsed in a main blood vessel 2 to a branched part 4 branching a branch blood vessel 3 from the main blood vessel 2, the device being utilized in inserting the branch portion 6 of the artificial blood vessel 1 into the branch blood vessel 3, the device comprising an operating rod 9a inserted into the main body 5 from a trailing open end thereof and operable for rotation by hand, a guiding rod 9b continuously connected to the operating rod 9a so as to be capable of turning around with rotation of the operating rod 9a and having a leading end extending to an open end of the branch portion, and mooring means 9c for releasably mooring the branch portion by a portion

Abstract: An implantable appliance (1) comprises a front end wire ring (2), one or more intermediate wire rings (5) and a rear end wire ring (3) connected by a tubular cover (4). The wire rings (2), (3) and (5) are flexibly foldable. A front end portion (1a) of the appliance (1) is equally divided into four or an even number over four segments with dividing points (6a), (6b), (6c), (6d) between the segments, and a front hooking portion (8) for hauling the appliance (1) is formed at midpoints between the dividing points (6a), (6b), (6c), (6d) and the dividing points (6b), (6c), (6d), (6a). The invention includes a method in which the front end portion (1a) is collapsed into a wavy shape with every other dividing point (6a), (6c) forming forwardly directed peaks and other dividing points (6b), (6d) forming the bottoms of forwardly directed valleys, such that front hooking portions are located between adjacent peaks and valleys.

Abstract: The artificial blood vessel A comprises a front end wire ring 101, a rear end wire ring 102 arranged facing to the front end wire ring 101, a tubular cover 7 which connects the end wire rings 101, 102, and a plurality of intermediate wire rings 12 arranged spaced apart from each other between the front end wire ring 101 and the rear end wire ring 102. Each of the front end wire ring 101, the rear end wire ring 102 and the intermediate wire rings 12 are given flexibly foldable elasticity. The circumference of the front end wire ring 101 is equally divided into four by dividing points 411, 421, 431, 441. Hooking means 13 are formed for a front pull string to be passed through at the dividing points 411, 431.

Abstract: An artificial blood vessel A comprises a pair of discrete end wire rings 101, 102, a tubular cover 7 made of a sheet of flexible, tensile material which connects the end wire rings 101, 102, and a plurality of intermediate wire rings 12 arranged spaced apart between the end wire rings 101, 102 and circumferentially fixed to the cover 7 by suturing or with adhesive. All of the rings are located on the outside of the cover. To implant the vessel A via a catheter, a plurality of dividing points 411, 431 which bisect the circumference of the front end wire ring 101 are pulled forward while the movement of the midpoints 421, 441 between the dividing points 411, 431 following the movement of the dividing points 411, 431 is restrained by the projections 18c on a tapered surface 18d of a funneled tube 18 so as to fold the front end wire ring 101 into a wavy shape, with the dividing points 411, 431 forming forwardly directed peaks and the midpoints 421, 441 forming the bottoms of forwardly directed valleys.