Abstract: A medical device insertable into a living body lumen includes a drive shaft that rotates in a predetermined direction of rotation in response to a proximal side driving force to transmit a rotational force in a distal direction. The drive shaft includes: an inner coil of plural wires wound side-by-side in a circumferential direction of the drive shaft; and an outer coil of plural wires wound side-by-side in the circumferential direction of the drive shaft and surrounding the inner coil. The inner coil wires are wound in the predetermined direction of rotation in the distal direction as viewed from the proximal side, and the outer coil wires are wound in a direction opposite the predetermined direction of rotation n the distal direction as viewed from the proximal side. The number of wires constituting the inner coil is smaller than the number of wires constituting the outer coil.

Abstract: An image processing device is an image processing device that displays an image representing a biological tissue on a display and displays an element representing a position of a sensor on a screen same as the image on the display, based on tomographic data acquired by the sensor moving in a lumen of the biological tissue, the image processing device including a control unit that, when a user operation of specifying a movement destination of the sensor is performed on the screen, controls movement of the sensor according to the user operation, and changes a relative position of the element to cause a position of the sensor after movement to be represented.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to compositions that include a synthetic redox-active receptor, and in particular to compositions that include a boronic acid based synthetic redox-active receptor which can electrochemically sense a target analyte in a sample solution. A synthetic redox-active receptor can have a salt selected from the group consisting of: wherein the variables L, L?, R, R?, n and X are described herein.

Abstract: A continuous administration device configured to be indwelled in a living body for sustained release of a substance to be administered, the continuous administration device including: a cylindrical main body portion having an inner cavity; a plug slidable in the inner cavity in a liquid-tight manner; a pressing portion disposed on an upstream side with respect to the plug and configured to press the plug toward a downstream side; the substance to be administered, which is stored in the inner cavity on the downstream side with respect to the plug and released into the living body by the plug sliding toward the downstream side; and a sliding solid coating layer that reduces initial sliding resistance and normal sliding resistance of the plug, on at least one of an outer surface of the plug or a region where the plug slides in the inner cavity.

Abstract: A liquid medicine administration device for administering a liquid medicine into a living body includes: a cylindrical body defining a space; a tube housed in the space of the cylindrical body and filled with the liquid medicine; and a plunger mechanism provided movably in an axial direction with respect to the cylindrical body, the plunger mechanism including a pressing member configured to press a proximal end of the tube toward a distal end side to push out the liquid medicine. The tube is formed in a tubular shape having a discharge hole at a distal end for discharging the liquid medicine, and is compressed along an axial direction with movement of the pressing member, and is formed to be deformable toward a central axis side.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program capable of providing an easy-to-interpret image. A computer acquires, according to a computer program, a signal data set by a first inspection wave emitted in a direction inclined at a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis direction of an imaging core used in a catheter. Then, the computer constructs an image obtained by using a direction inclined at a second angle different from the first angle with respect to the longitudinal axis direction of the imaging core as an observation target, based on the acquired signal data set.

Abstract: Disclosed is a medical device exhibiting superior lubricating property and durability (lubrication retaining property), the medical device comprising a substrate layer, an adhesive layer formed on at least a portion of the substrate layer, comprising a hydrophilic copolymer comprising a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (A) having a sulfobetaine structure, a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (B) having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid group, sulfuric acid group, sulfurous acid group, and salts thereof, and a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (C) having a photoreactive group, and a surface lubricious layer formed on at least a portion of the adhesive layer, comprising a hydrophilic polymer dissolvable in a solvent capable of dissolving or swelling the hydrophilic copolymer.

Abstract: An information processing device used in a system that predicts a prognosis of a patient by machine learning, the information processing device including: an input unit that receives an input of a plurality of sets of time-series data corresponding to a plurality of patients, the time-series data including a plurality of first parameters related to at least one of a condition and a treatment of each of the patients; and a processing unit that calculates an acquisition rate and an acquisition frequency of each of the first parameters included in the plurality of sets of time-series data, and selects a second parameter to be used for training data from the plurality of first parameters by using at least one of the calculated acquisition rate and the calculated acquisition frequency.

Abstract: An information processing device that includes a classification image data acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of classification image data classified into a plurality of regions including a first intraluminal region into which the image acquisition catheter for a three-dimensional scan is inserted and a second intraluminal region into which the image acquisition catheter is not inserted; a merging determination unit configured to determine whether the second intraluminal region in a first catheter image merges with the first intraluminal region in a second catheter image acquired at a different axial position; and an image output unit configured to output a region image including the first intraluminal region based on the plurality of classification image data, and outputs, only the second intraluminal region that is determined to merge by the merging determination unit, together with the first intraluminal region as the region image.

Abstract: The program causes a computer to execute processing of: acquiring a medical image obtained by imaging a luminal organ using a catheter; specifying a direction of interest indicating a direction of a site of interest with respect to the medical image on the basis of the acquired medical image; and displaying information indicating the specified direction of interest in association with the medical image or displaying the medical image subjected to image processing on the basis of the information indicating the direction of interest.

Abstract: An image processing device is an image processing device that, with reference to tomographic data that is a data set obtained using a sensor moving in a lumen of a biological tissue, displays a cross-sectional image representing a cross section of the biological tissue orthogonal to a movement direction of the sensor on a display, the image processing device including a control unit that acquires specification data specifying at least one location in a space corresponding to the tomographic data, and performs control so that a mark, which varies depending on a distance between the at least one location and the cross section in the movement direction is displayed at a position corresponding to the at least one location in the cross-sectional image when the cross-sectional image is displayed.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a packaged medicine administration device that includes a medicine administration device including an outer tube filled with a medicine, and a puncture device for medicine administration; a cylindrical case encapsulating and holding the medicine administration device; and a package accommodating the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device encapsulated and held by the cylindrical case, the package being sealed, the manufacturing method including: a step of preparing the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device; a step of adding hydrogen peroxide to a site to be located on an inner side of the cylindrical case; a step of accommodating the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device in the package; a step of sealing the package; and a step of sterilizing the cylindrical case-encapsulated medicine administration device with a hydrogen peroxide atmosphere formed by the added hydrogen peroxide in a state in which the package is sea

Abstract: An image processing device, with reference to tomographic data obtained using a sensor moving in a lumen of a biological tissue, displays an image representing the biological tissue on a display, and includes a control unit that acquires specification data specifying at least one location in a space corresponding to the tomographic data, identifies a direction of the at least one location from a centroid in a cross section of the biological tissue orthogonal to a movement direction of the sensor, the direction including the at least one location, as a specification direction, with reference to the tomographic data, identifies a position corresponding to the at least one location in the cross section as a corresponding position according to an identified specification direction and a position of the centroid, and performs control so that a mark is displayed at an identified corresponding position when the image is displayed.

Abstract: A catheter assembly in which a microcatheter of an over-the-wire type is a first catheter and is inserted into a lumen of a guiding catheter that is a second catheter. The first and second catheters are configured to make a clearance of greater than 0.1 mm and less than or equal 0.35 mm to reduce a step, so that a distal end opening of the guiding catheter is prevented from rubbing against an inner surface of a blood vessel in a way that would otherwise rupture plaque and scatter cholesterol crystals.

Abstract: Provided is a hemostatic device capable of effectively applying a compressive force to a puncture site formed at a predetermined position avoiding a metacarpal bone of an index finger of a hand and a metacarpal bone of a thumb of the hand even when hemostasis is performed on the puncture site. The hemostatic device includes a support member configured to cover the first puncture site, a securing member configured to secure the support member to the first puncture site, and an inflatable member connected to the support member and configured to compress the first puncture site. The support member has rigidity higher than rigidity of the inflatable member. A width of the support member becomes shorter from an upper end portion toward a lower end portion. A thickness of a side surface portion of the support member becomes thinner from the upper end portion toward the lower end portion.

Abstract: A liquid medicine administration device includes: a needle unit configured to be inserted into and placed on a living body; a liquid medicine supply device provided separately from the needle unit and configured to deliver a liquid medicine filled inside from a distal portion; a tube configured to allow the liquid medicine to flow, the tube having a distal end connected to the needle unit; and a connector to which are attachable both (i) the liquid medicine supply device, and (ii) a priming solution delivery device configured to deliver a priming solution filled inside from a distal portion. The connector includes: a hollow needle having a needle hole that is formed inside the hollow needle and that communicates with the tube, the hollow needle protruding toward the liquid medicine supply device or the priming solution delivery device, and a valve body that is disposed distal to the hollow needle.

Abstract: A measurement device that allows a user to easily change a time axis of a graph indicating parameters measured using a bladder indwelling catheter. The measurement device includes a measurement unit that sequentially measures parameters related to urine on the basis of information obtained by a sensor disposed so as to be contactable with urine to be conducted by a catheter, a display unit that displays the parameters as a graph using a time axis, and a reception unit that receives a change instruction related to the time axis.

Abstract: A liquid medicine administration device includes: a needle unit configured to be inserted into and placed on a living body; a liquid medicine supply device provided separately from the needle unit and configured to deliver a liquid medicine filled inside from a distal portion; a tube configured to allow the liquid medicine to flow, the tube having a distal end connected to the needle unit; and a connector to which the liquid medicine supply device is attached, the connector being located at a proximal end of the tube. The connector includes: a valve body that has a disk shape and that opens during delivery of the liquid medicine to allow the liquid medicine supply device to communicate with the tube, and a valve seat that is annular and provided on a tube side with respect to the valve body, the valve seat protruding toward and contacting the valve body.

Abstract: A measurement adapter includes a catheter connection portion connectable to a bladder indwelling catheter, a urine collection bag connection portion connectable to a urine collection bag, a flow path disposed between the catheter connection portion and the urine collection bag connection portion, and a plurality of sensor holding portions that holds sensors configured to detect a state of urine flowing in the flow path.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program executed by a computer, a method, and an image processing device are disclosed that are capable of compensating a missing region in a tomographic image in a state in which a part of a lumen organ is missing. In accordance with the program, a computer acquires a plurality of tomographic images of a cross section of the lumen organ captured at a plurality of places using a catheter. In addition, the computer extracts, from the plurality of tomographic images, a tomographic image in which the part of the lumen organ is missing. Then, the computer compensates a missing region of the lumen organ for the extracted tomographic image.