Abstract: A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient along stairs. A seat section is coupled to a support structure. A track having a belt is attached to the support structure and is arranged for selective operation between: a retracted position, and a deployed position to engage stairs. A drive system with a motor is disposed in rotational communication with the belt to control movement along stairs in the deployed position. A user interface us arranged for engagement to selectively adjust operation of the drive system between: an active state for controlling movement of the belt with the motor, and an inactive state. A braking controller is configured to sense movement of the belt in the inactive state, and to control the motor to limit movement of the belt in the inactive state to effect corresponding limited movement of the patient transport apparatus along stairs.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, it is possible to smoothly proceed with an examination in which an audio input and audio recognition are performed on medical images. In the endoscope system, a processor acquires a plurality of medical images by causing an image sensor to image a subject in chronological order, accepts an input of an audio input trigger during capturing of the plurality of medical images, sets, in a case where the audio input trigger is input, an audio recognition dictionary according to the audio input trigger, performs, in a case where the audio recognition dictionary is set, audio recognition on audio input to the audio input device after the setting, using the set audio recognition dictionary, and displays item information indicating an item to be recognized using the audio recognition dictionary, and a result of audio recognition corresponding to the item information, on a display device.

Abstract: A therapeutic agent for solid cancers, including, as an effective component, N-{5-[(6,7-dimethoxy-4-quinolinyl)oxy]-2-pyridinyl}-2,5-dioxo-1-phenyl-1,2,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-3-quinolinecarboxamide, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate of the compound or the salt and to be administered in combination with osimertinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The combination has strong antitumor effect and is therefore useful for treatment of solid cancers.

Abstract: A perfusion device includes an insertion section of an endoscope configured to be insertable inside a subject and including a treatment instrument insertion conduit disposed along a longitudinal axis, and a liquid feeding tube configured to be insertable in the treatment instrument insertion conduit and including an opening at a distal end part, where, in a state where the opening protrudes from a distal end of the treatment instrument insertion conduit, feeding of normal saline can be performed through the opening of the liquid feeding tube and suction of normal saline can be performed through a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the liquid feeding tube and an inner circumferential surface of the treatment instrument insertion conduit, and a flow path for the liquid communicating with the opening of the tube is formed bent along the outer circumferential surface of the tube.

Abstract: A cutter machine may include a first blade, a second blade configured to rotate relative to the first blade, a base member supporting the first blade and the second blade, a screw member including a head portion and a shaft portion extending from the head portion which is a proximal end of the shaft portion, wherein the screw member fastens the first blade and the base member to each other, a looseness restraint member attached to the shaft portion and configured to be pressed by the head portion to restrain loosening of the screw member, and a fall-off restraint member attached to the shaft portion on a distal side of the shaft portion relative to the looseness restraint member and configured to restrain the looseness restraint member from moving relative to the shaft portion in a direction from a proximal side to the distal side of the shaft portion.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion part to be inserted into a subject, a first surface disposed on a distal end surface of the insertion part, a forceps port disposed on the first surface, a second surface protruding from the first surface along an insertion direction of the insertion part, an observation window disposed on the second surface, a nozzle that is disposed on the first surface and jets a fluid from a jetting port toward the observation window, a third surface protruding from the first surface along the insertion direction of the insertion part, and a first illumination window that is disposed on the third surface. The third surface is located between the nozzle and the forceps port, and an end portion of the third surface in a jetting direction of the fluid is located further in the jetting direction than a formation position of the jetting port is.

Abstract: A pet sheet includes a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the liquid-permeable top sheet and the liquid-impermeable back sheet. The liquid-impermeable back sheet has an adhesive surface. The liquid-permeable top sheet, the liquid-impermeable back sheet, and the absorbent body are disposed such that a light transmittance is 60% or less. The pet sheet is configured to be overlaid on an animal excrement disposal sheet.

Abstract: A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a table-top, a measurement unit, and processing circuitry. The table-top places thereon a subject. The measurement unit outputs a measurement signal corresponding to weight of the subject placed on the table-top. The processing circuitry estimates the weight of the subject placed on the table-top, based on the measurement signal and arrangement information on arrangement of the measurement unit.

Abstract: A dust collecting attachment is configured to be removably attached to a blower. The blower includes a housing that has an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a motor that is within the housing, and a fan that is within the housing and is configured to be rotated by the motor to generate a flow of air that is sucked into the housing through the inlet opening and is discharged from the discharge opening via the motor. The dust collecting attachment includes an attachment body that has a first opening, a second opening, and a dust storage space between the first opening and the second opening. The attachment body is configured to be attached to the housing such that the second opening communicates with the inlet opening of the housing of the blower.

Abstract: A shoe sole includes a sole body, and a reinforcing structure portion made up of a first reinforcing member and a second reinforcing member that are made of different members of different materials from each other. The first reinforcing member includes a first bar, and the second reinforcing member includes a second bar. The first bar is located on a medial foot side from the second bar. A portion of the first bar disposed in a midfoot portion extends along an oblique direction crossing both a front-rear direction and a left-right direction, and a portion of the second bar disposed in the midfoot portion extends crossing the left-right direction. The portion of the first bar disposed in the midfoot portion and the portion of the second bar disposed in the midfoot portion are located at least in part with a distance therebetween.

Abstract: A biological-image generating method includes: acquiring first and second images of biological tissue respectively irradiated with first and second illumination light; and generating a biological image from the first and second images. The first illumination light has a wavelength which is selected from a range between 500 nm and 600 nm and at which reflectance thereof is not dependent on an oxygen saturation. The second illumination light has a wavelength which is selected from a range between 600 nm and 800 nm and at which reflectance thereof is dependent on the oxygen saturation. The generating includes: calculating an indicator value expressing the oxygen saturation from a first pixel value of each pixel in the first image and a second pixel value of each pixel in the second image; and allocating a display mode corresponding to the indicator value to each pixel of the biological image.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for anti-fatigue comprising a green tea peptide composition. Specifically, the green tea peptide composition according to the present disclosure exhibits anti-fatigue efficacy through excellent effects of inhibiting production of fatigue substances within a muscle cell, increasing ATP production within the muscle cell, and promoting fat oxidation within the muscle cell, and can be applied to various health functional food compositions and pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: An embodiment according to the technique of the present disclosure is to provide an endoscope system, a medical information processing apparatus, a medical information processing method, a medical information processing program, and a recording medium capable of improving recognition accuracy of an audio input. The endoscope system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an audio input device; an image sensor that images a subject; and a processor, in which the processor acquires a plurality of medical images by causing the image sensor to image the subject in chronological order, accepts an input of an audio input trigger during capturing of the plurality of medical images, sets, in a case where the audio input trigger is input, an audio recognition dictionary according to the audio input trigger, and performs audio recognition on audio input to the audio input device after the setting, using the set audio recognition dictionary.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a heat source portion including a combustible heat source for generating heat; a heat conduction portion connected to the heat source portion and including an inlet hole through which external air is introduced; a tobacco medium connected to the heat conduction portion and heated by the heat of the heat source transferred through the heat conduction portion, to include an aerosol generating material for generating an aerosol; and a first heat conductor disposed in the tobacco medium and including a heat-conducting material for transferring heat generated by the heat source portion to the tobacco medium.

Abstract: An image processing method comprising acquiring a first fundus image obtained by photographing a fundus using first light having a first wavelength, and a second fundus image obtained by photographing the fundus using second light having a second wavelength that is shorter than the first wavelength; specifying, in the first fundus image, respective positions of retinal blood vessels appearing in the second fundus image; and generating a choroidal blood vessel image by processing the positions identified in the first fundus image.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion and a filter portion coupled to a side of the tobacco medium portion and cooling and filtering an aerosol delivered from the tobacco medium portion. The filter portion may include a first filter segment disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion and filtering the aerosol, an inner wrapper surrounding the first filter segment and extending toward the tobacco medium portion, and a second filter segment surrounded by the tobacco medium portion, the first filter segment, and the inner wrapper so as to have a space therein.

Abstract: Provided is a waist swinging estimation device including a communication unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data regarding a movement of a foot of a subject and used for estimation of waist swinging that is an index regarding a movement of a waist, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an estimated value regarding the waist swinging according to an input of a feature amount included in the feature amount data, an estimation unit that inputs a feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model, and estimate waist swinging of the subject according to an estimated value regarding the waist swinging output from the estimation model, and an output unit that outputs information according to waist swinging of the subject.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a first housing, and a second housing positioned in the first housing and configured to accommodate an aerosol generating article, wherein the second housing includes a first layer including a first rim having a first perimeter and a first width and a plurality of first airflow paths formed in the first rim, and a second layer including a second rim connected to the first rim and a second airflow path formed in the second rim, the second airflow path being in fluid connection with the plurality of first airflow paths, the second rim having a second perimeter and a second width.

Abstract: A shoe sole includes a sole body, and a reinforcing structure portion made up of a first reinforcing member and a second reinforcing member that are made of different members from each other. The first reinforcing member includes a first bar, and the second reinforcing member includes a second bar. The first bar is located on a medial foot side from the second bar. A portion of the first bar disposed in a midfoot portion extends along an oblique direction crossing both a front-rear direction and a left-right direction, and a portion of the second bar disposed in the midfoot portion extends crossing the left-right direction. The portion of the first bar disposed in the midfoot portion and the portion of the second bar disposed in the midfoot portion are located at least in part with a distance therebetween.

Abstract: An electronic device for heating an aerosol-generating substrate detects insertion of a cigarette, displays an icon corresponding to a type of the cigarette, determines a heating profile based on a user input corresponding to a type of the cigarette, and heats an aerosol-generating substrate of the cigarette based on the heating profile.