Abstract: A fluid supply apparatus that can eliminate the need for a power supply source, and store fluid efficiently. The apparatus may comprise a first balloon that is formed of an elastic body to be capable of storing the fluid, a second balloon that is formed of an elastic body to be capable of storing the fluid, and has a larger contraction force than a contraction force of the first balloon, a support member that supports both of the first balloon and the second balloon, and a casing that houses the first balloon and the second balloon, and defines inflation ranges of the first balloon and the second balloon, in which the support member has a flow path formed to permit fluid communication between an interior of the first balloon and an interior of the second balloon.

Abstract: A purpose is to enable partial replacement of an indwelling urethral catheter. A unit for a balloon catheter according to the present invention includes a urethral catheter tube (13) provided with a first urethral catheterization passage (14), a branch tube (11) provided with a first passage (12) adapted to allow passage of a liquid used to inflate or deflate a balloon (54), and a connecting tube (30) configured to be connected at one end to the first urethral catheterization passage (14) or the first passage (12).

Abstract: There is provided a liquid supply apparatus eliminating the need for a power supply, having relatively light weight and small footprint, and ensuring a stable liquid supply. The liquid supply apparatus includes a first support member, a second support member, a balloon having one end supported by the first support member and the other end supported by the second support member, and a casing having a constant longitudinal length. The balloon is disposed in the casing and is configured so as to be able to hold a liquid therein and discharge the liquid therefrom. When the balloon holds the liquid, the one end and the other end of the balloon are positioned in the case.

Abstract: A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus is provided, which can measure and record pressure inside a bladder continuously for a short time period to a long time period. A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a pressure sensor 20 configured to measure a value of pressure that is applied to an inside of a urinary catheter 50 by urine in a bladder 55, and a recording device 30 configured to record a pressure value measured by the pressure sensor 20.

Abstract: A catheter for treatment of sinusitis capable of causing a space in a further rear (distal side) of a posterior nasal aperture to communicate with external air is provided. The catheter comprises an anterior nasal aperture balloon 33, an anterior nasal aperture balloon air supply lumen 39b for inflating the anterior nasal aperture balloon 33, a posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, a posterior nasal aperture balloon air supply lumen 19b for inflating the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, and a drainage lumen 39a having an opening 41 between the anterior nasal aperture balloon 33 and the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13, in which an external air communication lumen 19a having an opening 21 on a distal side from the posterior nasal aperture balloon 13 is further provided.

Abstract: A purpose is to enable partial replacement of an indwelling urethral catheter. A unit for a balloon catheter according to the present invention includes a urethral catheter tube (13) provided with a first urethral catheterization passage (14), a branch tube (11) provided with a first passage (12) adapted to allow passage of a liquid used to inflate or deflate a balloon (54), and a connecting tube (30) configured to be connected at one end to the first urethral catheterization passage (14) or the first passage (12).

Abstract: There is provided a liquid supply apparatus eliminating the need for a power supply, having relatively light weight and small footprint, and ensuring a stable liquid supply. The liquid supply apparatus includes a first support member, a second support member, a balloon having one end supported by the first support member and the other end supported by the second support member, and a casing having a constant longitudinal length. The balloon is disposed in the casing and is configured so as to be able to hold a liquid therein and discharge the liquid therefrom. When the balloon holds the liquid, the one end and the other end of the balloon are positioned in the case.

Abstract: A current perception threshold examination apparatus capable of realizing increased efficiency and reduction in a burden on an examinee is provided. In the current perception threshold examination apparatus that controls supply of a current from a power supply to electrodes of a catheter for diagnosis of interstitial cystitis, the current perception threshold examination apparatus has a direct current generating unit for generating a direct current on the basis of an instruction of a control unit, and a direct current resistance measuring unit that measures an electric resistance value of a diagnosis site on the basis of the direct current which is supplied to the electrodes.

Abstract: An intermittent urethra self-retaining catheter set 10 comprises a catheter unit 1, a disinfectant casing 2, and a cap 3. The catheter unit 1 includes a catheter body 11 having an urine-guiding passage 111 and a water-guiding passage 112 that extend along a longitudinal direction and are separated from each other, a balloon 12 attached to a distal end of the catheter body 11 in an inflatable manner and communicated to the water-guiding passage 112, an elastic plug 13 attached to an intermediate portion of the catheter body 11, a branched tube 14 branched from the catheter body 11 above the elastic plug 13 and communicated to the water-guiding passage 112, a reservoir 16 attached to a free end of the branched tube 14 in a collapsible manner for storing a sterilized water 15, an on-off valve 17 attached to an intermediate portion of the branched tube 14, and a reinforcement tube 18 inserted into an upper interior of the urine-guiding passage 111 in the catheter body 11.

Abstract: Provided is a diagnosis catheter 101 for an interstitial cystitis wherein a catheter 101 is connected to a current perception threshold inspection apparatus 4 to diagnose the interstitial cystitis, comprising: a cylindrical catheter body 111 made of a soft flexible material and including a distal end section A to be left in the bladder 102 and a body section B disposed adjacent to the distal end section A and defined in a proximal end side; at least one electrode 114 provided on a distal end of the catheter body 111; and a lead wire 115 inserted into the catheter body 111 so that first end of the lead wire is connected to the electrode 114 and second end of the lead wire is drawn out of a proximal end of the catheter body 111 to be connected to the current perception threshold inspection apparatus 4.

Abstract: A diagnosis catheter 1 for an interstitial cystitis is connected to a current perception threshold inspection apparatus 4. A catheter body 11 is made of a soft flexible material and includes a bladder-dwelling distal end section A and a diagnosis section B adjacent the distal end section A at a proximal end side of the body 11. A core member 12 is made of a hard flexible material and is inserted into the diagnosis section B in the catheter body 11. An inflatable balloon 13 is mounted on an outer periphery around the bladder-dwelling distal end section A of the catheter body 11. A fluid supply passage 16 is provided in the catheter body 11 so that an end of the passage 16 is communicated to the balloon 13 and a proximal end of the passage 16 is communicated to an injection part 17.

Abstract: An appliance 10 for large saphenous vein varix treatment comprises a stainless steel guide wire 1 provided on a distal end with a guide portion 11 and on a proximal end with a coupled portion 12, an absorption thread 2 connected to the proximal end coupled portion 12 of the guide wire 1, a transparent flexible bag 3 for containing the absorption thread 2, and a sterilization holding case 4 for containing the guide wire 1 and the transparent flexible bag 3 in a sterilized condition. Upon use, the sterilization holding case 4 is opened, a vein sclerosing agent is injected into the transparent flexible bag 3, and the vein sclerosing agent is impregnated into the absorption thread 2.

Abstract: A motorized infusion injection system having an information card record side unit 10 and an information card user side unit 20. Unit 10 includes an information card 11 on which medication information is written for a patient, a reader/writer 12 that can read/write the medication information from/on the information card 11, and an input 13 for inputting the medication information. Unit 20 includes a reader 21 for reading out information from the information card 11, an input 22 for inputting personal information of a patient and a controller 23 to generate a medication signal. A transducer 24 receives the medication signal and transduces the medication signal to a mechanical signal, and a motorized PCA pump 25 connected to an infusion storing-container 30 that contains a given infusion 31 and to an injector 40 that injects the infusion into a body of the patient for supplying the infusion 31 from the infusion storing-container 30 to the injector 40.

Abstract: A diagnosis catheter 1 for an interstitial cystitis is connected to a current perception threshold inspection apparatus 4 to diagnose an interstitial cystitis. A catheter body 11 is made of a soft flexible material and includes a bladder-dwelling distal end section A and a diagnosis section B adjacent the distal end section A at a proximal end side of the body 11. A core member 12 is made of a hard flexible material and is inserted into the diagnosis section B in the catheter body 11. An inflatable balloon 13 is mounted on an outer periphery around the bladder-dwelling distal end section A of the catheter body 11. A pair of electrodes are provided on an outer periphery of the diagnosis section B. Lead wires 15 are inserted into the core member 12 so that first ends of the lead wires 15 are connected to the electrodes 14 and second ends of the lead wires 15 are drawn out of a proximal end of the catheter body 11 to be connected to the current perception threshold inspection apparatus 4.

Abstract: A catheter for intermittent self-conduction of urine which is relatively hard to deflect easy to insert into a body, and eliminate any pain and danger while in the body. A catheter for intermittent self-conduction of urine comprises an urine conduction tube (1) having an urine conduction aperture (13) in a distal end (11) thereof, a holder (3) coupled to a proximal end (12) of the urine conduction tube (1) and adapted to be detachably engaged with an inlet port (22) of a sterilizing solution case (2) which is adapted to contain a sterilizing solution (21), and a cap (4) for closing an outlet (311) of the holder (3). The urine conduction tube (1) is a dual layer tube including an inner tube member (101) made of a hard synthetic resin material which is medicine-proof and an outer tube member (102) made of a soft synthetic resin material which is medicine-proof.

Abstract: A portable painkilling system comprises: a first continuous injector (1) for liquid medicine which continuously discharges liquid medicine through a control path (131) in an outlet portion (13) for a given period of time; a flexible, elastic reservoir (3) connected to the outlet portion (13) of the first continuous injector (1) for liquid medicine at one end thereof, the reservoir (3) being adapted to constrict in a normal condition and to expand when liquid medicine from the first continuous injector (1) is being charged into the reservoir (3) so as to contain a maximum quantity of liquid medicine; and a second continuous injector (2) for liquid medicine having an inlet portion (22) connected to the other end (32) of the reservoir (3), the second continuous injector (2) being adapted to receive liquid medicine from the reservoir (3) and to continuously discharge liquid medicine stored in the second continuous injector (2) through a control path (231) in an outlet portion (23) for a given period of time.

Abstract: A simple automatic opening and closing type of urination apparatus (10) comprises a flexible tube (110), a plunger (120), a bearing table (130), an elastic member (140), an electromagnetic solenoid (150), and an actuator (160). The flexible tube (110) has an inlet port (111) and an outlet port (112). The plunger (120) has a pushing portion (121) at one end and a contact portion (122) at the other end. The bearing table (130) is disposed below the pushing portion (121) of the plunger (120) for supporting the flexible tube (110). The elastic member (140) normally biases the pushing portion (121) of the plunger (120) onto the flexible tube (110) on the bearing table (130) to squeeze the flexible tube (110) between the pushing portion (121) and the bearing table (130). The electromagnetic solenoid (150) selectively attracts and repulses the contact portion (122) of the plunger (120). The actuator (160) selectively couples the electromagnetic solenoid (150) to a power source (170).

Abstract: A simple automatic opening and closing type of urination apparatus (10) comprises a cylinder (2), a pressure responsive plunger (3), a resilient member (4), a protective casing (5), and a lock mechanism (6). The cylinder (2) is provided in a front end with an inlet port (21), on a rear end with a cylinder flange (22), and in an outer peripheral wall of an intermediate portion with a plurality of outlet ports (23). The pressure responsive plunger (3) is slidably received in the cylinder (2) and provided on a front end with a liquid-sealing portion (31), on a rear end with a plunger flange (32), and on an intermediate portion with a plurality of ribs (33) which extend longitudinally and cross each other radially. At least one of the ribs (33) is provided with serrated teeth (331) which are aligned at a given pitch in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A portable analgesic system comprises a liquid medicine supply unit which stores a given amount of liquid medicine temporarily and then discharges the liquid medicine automatically, a first three-way connector connected to an outlet of the liquid medicine supply unit, an intermittent injection line for liquid medicine connected to one outlet of the first three-way connector, a continuous injection line for liquid medicine connected to the other outlet of the first three-way connector, and a second three-way connector for intercommunicating with outlets of the both lines.

Abstract: A cap (10) for a medical appliance to be retained in a human body includes a lid body (2), a connecting plug body (1), and a hinge (3). The lid body (2) is coupled to the connecting plug body (1) through the hinge (3). The connecting plug body (1), hinge (3), and lid body (2) are integrally formed of the same synthetic resin material. The lid body (2) is provided on a center area on an inner face thereof with an engaging member (4) made of a resilient material. The lid body (2) is provided on an end thereof with a strap (5).