Abstract: An analysis substrate according to an embodiment is an analysis substrate for performing analysis on fine particles, and includes a plurality of capture regions that capture the fine particles; and a plurality of first isolators whose wettability changes in response to a stimulus, the plurality of first isolators being provided along a first direction between the capture regions.

Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured to acquire examination data including examination values of biological examinations performed on the same subject at a plurality of time points; create a map based on the examination data, the map including a time-series element group in which a plurality of elements corresponding to the biological examinations performed at the plurality of time points and having a visual representation according to a degree of risk are arranged in a time-series order along a first direction; and control a display unit to display the map.

Abstract: A cartridge used for cell preparation or cell processing includes a first container configured to store a liquid; an air filter arranged at an opening; a first passage connected to the first container and the opening and configured to allow the liquid suctioned from the first container to flow in; a second passage connected to the first passage and the opening and configured to allow the liquid to flow in from the first passage; and a second container connected to the second passage and configured to allow the liquid to flow in from the second passage if the first passage is pressurized with the liquid having flown into the first passage.

Abstract: A cell handling system includes a cell handling device and a cell handling control apparatus. The cell handling device is configured so that cell handling is performed inside the cell handling device. The cell handling device includes an information presenter configured to present identification information for identifying a process performed in the cell handling device. The cell handling control apparatus is configured to control the cell handling performed in the cell handling device. The cell handling control apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire the identification information presented by the information presenter and determine a parameter relating to control of the cell handling based on the acquired identification information.

Abstract: A culture apparatus according to embodiments includes a gas supplier, a culture chamber, a first flow path, and a gas suction equipment. The gas supplier is configured to supply gas. The culture chamber is configured to culture a culture. The first flow path is configured to allow gas supplied by the gas supplier to flow to the culture chamber. The gas suction equipment is configured to allow gas in the culture chamber to be discharged to the outside through a second flow path.

Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first analysis unit, a second analysis unit, a determination unit, and a third analysis unit. The first analysis unit executes a first analysis based on a medical image of a subject. The second analysis unit executes a second analysis based on a specimen examination result of the subject. The determination unit determines a matching degree between the result of the first analysis by the first analysis unit and the result of the second analysis by the second analysis unit. The third analysis unit executes a third analysis based on the medical image and the specimen examination result according to analysis conditions based on the determination result of the matching degree by the determination unit, and determines diagnosis support information based on the medical image and the specimen examination result.

Abstract: A plasma treatment unit for a printer includes a gap directly upstream of its electrode. A sheet may bend into the gap, resulting in damage to the sheet or paper jams. The risk of this is reduced or prevented by a method for transporting sheets of print media between electrodes of a plasma treatment unit of a printer, including arranging the sheet and the electrodes, so that an edge of the sheet and an upstream edge of at least one of the electrodes are at a non-zero angle with one another, as the sheet passes over the electrode.

Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured to acquire a medical image obtained by imaging a subject, acquire a value of a biomarker contained in a sample collected from the subject, determine a region of interest on the acquired medical image, analyze the image of the determined region of interest and calculate a property of a drawn object, select a value of a biomarker associated with the calculated property of the drawn object, and determine consistency between the selected value of the biomarker and the calculated property of the drawn object.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a separation apparatus includes a filter configured to separate a white blood cell from blood sent from a blood container, and a first flow channel through which the blood container and the filter are in communication with each other. The separation apparatus introduces, through the first flow channel, the blood into the filter from below and in an anti-gravity direction.

Abstract: A cell culture apparatus includes: a casing that, while a cartridge has a culturing vessel used for culturing cells, forms a chamber space in which at least a part of the cartridge including the culturing vessel is installed; an opening configured to allow communication between the inside and the outside of the chamber space and provided for the purpose of installing said at least a part of the cartridge in the chamber space; a moving equipment configured to move the cartridge, for the purpose of installing or ejecting said at least a part of the cartridge into or from the chamber space via the opening; and an opening cover configured to open the opening in association with a moving operation of the moving equipment to install the cartridge and/or configured to close the opening in association with a moving operation of the moving equipment to eject the cartridge.

Abstract: A culture system according to the present embodiment includes a supply unit, a discharge unit, a collection unit, and a housing. The supply unit supplies a culture vessel with a culture medium for culturing of cells. The discharge unit discharges liquid droplets for detaching the cells placed in the culture vessel. The collection unit that collects the cells which have been detached in the culture vessel. The housing has the culture vessel, the supply unit, the discharge unit, and the collection unit disposed therein. In the state in which the supply unit has been moved away from the fluid level of the culture medium, the housing is tilted to position the collection unit at a lower level than the supply unit, and then the culture medium and the cells are collected using the collection unit.

Abstract: A sample processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes an apparatus body. In the apparatus body, a cartridge for internally performing processing on a cell is installed, and the apparatus body controls liquid feeding in the cartridge and/or adjusts an environment in the cartridge. The apparatus body includes processing circuitry configured to detect an inclination of the cartridge with respect to a horizontal plane and/or the apparatus body.

Abstract: A cell production cartridge according to an embodiment includes a flow path configured to deliver liquid or gas to be used for producing a cell. In a transport path for the liquid or the gas, the flow path includes a pressure loss generating part structured so that a cross-sectional area of the liquid or the gas delivered through the flow path is smaller than cross-sectional areas before and after the pressure loss generating part.

Abstract: A culture apparatus according to the present invention includes a housing, a supply unit, a discharge unit, and a gas permeation membrane. The supply unit is disposed inside the housing and supplies a culture vessel with a culture medium for culturing of cells. The discharge unit is disposed inside the housing and discharges liquid droplets for detaching the cells held in the culture vessel. The gas permeation membrane is disposed in the housing. With that, the culture apparatus according to the present embodiment enables performing cell culturing, cell detachment, and gas exchange in the closed condition.

Abstract: A sample processing cartridge according to an embodiment includes a closed-system flow channel, a housing container, and a collection mechanism. The closed-system flow channel is a flow channel configured to process a liquid containing a sample. The housing container houses the closed-system flow channel. The collection mechanism is disposed inside the housing container and performs an operation for gathering the closed-system flow channel.

Abstract: A culturing system according to an embodiment includes an incubator and a cartridge. The incubator has an internal space and is capable of adjusting one or both of a temperature and a humidity of gas in the internal space. The cartridge is capable of accommodating a culturing container used for culturing a cell, a culture medium keeping unit configured to keep therein a culture medium kept cold, and a flow path which connects the culturing container to the culture medium keeping unit and through which the culture medium kept in the culture medium keeping unit flows toward the culturing container. In the culturing system, the gas in the internal space is supplied to the culturing container, by inserting a part of the cartridge into the internal space.

Abstract: A culture apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a supply unit, a housing, and a holding mechanism. The supply unit supplies a culture vessel with a culture medium for culturing of cells. The housing has the supply unit disposed therein and constitutes a confined space with the culture vessel. The holding mechanism is disposed in the housing and holds the culture vessel. The culture apparatus according to the present embodiment makes it possible to perform cell culturing corresponding to various purposes in the closed condition.

Abstract: An incubator according to the present embodiment includes: an incubator main body, a generating unit, a first adjusting unit, and a second adjusting unit. The incubator main body is configured to culture cells at a first temperature and with a first humidity. The generating unit is configured to generate vapor by heating water. The first adjusting unit is provided between the generating unit and the incubator main body and is configured to decrease temperature of the vapor to a second temperature lower than the first temperature and to cause the temperature-decreased vapor to flow into the incubator main body. The second adjusting unit is configured to adjust temperature inside the incubator main body.

Abstract: A classification method according to an embodiment includes a first step and a second step. At the first step, a fluid is caused to flow into a micro flow channel having a spiral shape. At the second step, target particles as recovery targets contained in the fluid are classified. For a combination of the micro flow channel and the target particle at the second step, a relation of De/Rep?4.68 is established between a particle Reynolds number Rep and a Dean number De.

Abstract: A cell handling system includes: a cell handling cartridge including a passage and an inlet, the passage configured to allow a liquid to flow through the passage, the inlet provided to the passage, and configured to allow a gas to pass through the inlet; a body apparatus including a connection portion and a presser, the connection portion being connected to the inlet and having an air passage configured to allow the gas to flow through the air passage, the presser being configured to press the connection portion against the cell handling cartridge; and a seal member on at least one of an opposing face of the connection portion or an opposing face of the cell handling cartridge, the opposing face of the connection portion facing the cell handling cartridge, the opposing face of the cell handling cartridge facing the connection portion.

Abstract: A specimen treatment cartridge according to an embodiment includes a closed-system flow path, a storage container, and a sheet member. The closed-system flow path is provided for treating various types of liquids including a specimen. The storage container is a container in which the flow path is stored. The storage container includes an opening part used for accessing the flow path. The sheet member covers the opening part of the storage container. The sheet member is a member with a flexible material allowing access to the flow path in a state where the storage container is closed.

Abstract: A cell culturing system according to an embodiment includes an incubator and a mock cartridge. The incubator has a plurality of slots in each of which a cartridge including a culturing container for culturing cells may be installed and is configured to adjust a temperature to which the culturing containers in any of the installed cartridges are exposed. The mock cartridge is provided for a purpose of being installed into one or more, if any, of the plurality of slots having no cartridge installed therein and is configured to enclose therein no cells to be cultured.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to acquire first signal data of multiple frames through scan on a subject, extract second signal data of multiple frames by extracting a signal by nonlinear processing from the first signal data, identify an inappropriate signal point or an inappropriate frame from the second signal data, and generate third signal data based on an identification result of the inappropriate signal point or the inappropriate frame, and on the second signal data.

Abstract: A cell processing system according to the embodiment includes an introducing device, a culturing device, and an assessing apparatus. The introducing device introduces reprogramming factors into target cells derived from a sample of a donor to develop iPS cells from the target cells. The culturing device cultures the iPS cells developed from the target cells in a culture vessel. The assessing apparatus individually assesses at least an input to and/or an output from the introducing device and an input to and/or an output from the culturing device.

Abstract: A liquid feeding apparatus according to an embodiment includes a collection vessel holder, a liquid feeding tube, and processing circuitry. The collection vessel holder is configured to hold a collection vessel used for collecting liquid including a droplet layer and a non-droplet layer. The liquid feeding tube is configured to feed the liquid from the inside of the collection vessel. The processing circuitry is configured to adjust the position of an interface between the droplet layer and the non-droplet layer with respect to the position of a suction port of the liquid feeding tube.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray limiter having four diaphragm blades; and a console on which four physical operating units that correspond to the four diaphragm blades are placed at four positions. When viewed from the side of the operator of the console, the four operating units are placed on the far side, the near side, the left side, and the right side. The far-side operating unit, the near-side operating unit, the left-side operating unit, and the right-side operating unit correspond to the upper diaphragm blade, the lower diaphragm blade, the left-side diaphragm blade, and the right-side diaphragm blade, respectively, with reference to an X-ray image displayed in a display.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to narrow the width of an electric wiring substrate and downsize a printing head. An aspect of the present disclosure provides an inkjet printing apparatus, including: a printing head including a plurality of nozzles ejecting ink and a piezoelectric element corresponding to each of the plurality of the nozzles; a control unit configured to control printing by the printing head; a signal generation unit configured to generate a driving signal to drive the piezoelectric element; a selection unit configured to select for each nozzle one type of the driving signal out of a plurality of types of the driving signals generated by the signal generation unit; and a plurality of wiring lines having different wiring widths from each other to communicate the plurality of types of the driving signals supplied to the selection unit from the signal generation unit.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes i) a recording-element substrate configured to discharge a liquid, ii) a cuboid-like liquid tank configured to support the recording-element substrate and to store the liquid to be discharged from the recording-element substrate, and iii) an absorbent accommodated in a compressed state in the liquid tank and configured to absorb and hold the liquid. In the liquid discharge head, multiple projections are formed on a bottom of the liquid tank. In addition, as viewed in plan in a direction orthogonal to the bottom, the projections are disposed so as to surround or straddle an injection position at which the liquid is injected into the absorbent using an injection needle.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a plurality of bases by performing a basis conversion on signal data. The processing circuitry selects one or more specific bases with contribution rates lower than a reference from among the bases. The processing circuitry executes data processing utilizing the specific bases.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head to discharge liquid to a medium and a liquid storage container. The liquid storage container includes a reservoir portion, a liquid injection portion, a liquid holding unit, and a liquid guide portion. The reservoir portion reserves the liquid that is supplied to the liquid discharge head. The liquid injection portion allows a liquid injection container for injecting the liquid into the reservoir portion to be inserted in the liquid injection portion in a first direction. The liquid holding unit is provided at a position spaced apart from the liquid injection portion and is capable of holding the liquid. The liquid guide portion guides the liquid from the liquid injection portion to the liquid holding unit in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first detector detecting an operation sound based on a sound wave received by a receiver; a second detector detecting basis weight of recording material based on an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a transmitter and received by the receiver; a switching unit that switches destination of a reception signal from the receiver between a first path to the first detector and a second path to the second detector; and a controller that controls the switching unit such that the reception signal is output to the first path at a first timing and to the second path at a second timing. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller controls the switching unit such that the reception signal is output to the second path at the first timing or to the first path at the second timing.

Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus comprising an imaging region configured to acquire a radiation image, a controller configured to set a detection region as a region to be used to detect the radiation in the imaging region and a rotation detector is provided. The rotation detector detects a rotation angle of a reference portion of the imaging region with respect to a reference direction of the subject, and the controller decides, in accordance with a part to be imaged of the subject and the rotation angle, a side located in the same direction as the reference direction of the subject among sides defining an outer edge of the imaging region, sets the detection region at a position away from the side by a predetermined distance for imaging of the part, and controls imaging based on a dose entering the detection region.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developer bearing member, a discharge unit, a stacking tray including a stacking surface on which the recording material is stacked, a replenishment port, a cover capable of moving between a closed position where the cover covers the replenishment port and constitutes at least part of the stacking surface and an open position where the cover exposes the replenishment port, and an information display unit for displaying information about a procedure for replenishing the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container.

Abstract: A driving device includes a drive source including a plurality of windings, a plurality of driving components configured to transmit a driving force output from the drive source to a load, a current detector configured to detect a driving current flowing through the plurality of windings, and at least one processor configured to determine a lifespan and presence or absence of abnormality of the drive source and the plurality of driving components based on the driving current, wherein the current detector is configured to detect a first driving current flowing through a first winding with a first low-pass filter having a first cutoff frequency, and detect a second driving current flowing through a second winding with a second low-pass filter having a second cutoff frequency which is higher than the first cutoff frequency.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of photoconductors; a plurality of exposure unis each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of photoconductors, each of the plurality of exposure units including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting portions configured to emit light to expose the photoconductors, and a duct configured to guide an airflow that cools the substrate along the substrate; a fan configured to generate the airflow that cools the substrate; and a duct unit configured to communicate with the ducts of the plurality of exposed portions via different ones of a plurality of openings, wherein an area of a first opening that is a longest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings is larger than an area of a second opening that is a shortest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing including a first side plate and a second side plate, a cartridge, an exposure unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a nip pressure change unit, a door, and a connection portion. The first side plate includes an opening portion. The connection portion is arranged so as to penetrate the opening portion, and includes a first portion and a second portion. At least a part of the second portion is arranged so as to overlap with the exposure unit when viewed in a predetermined direction, and is arranged between the first side plate and the exposure unit in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A liquid storage container capable of storing liquid containing a precipitation component and externally supplying the liquid allows the liquid to be externally supplied to have a uniform precipitation component concentration. The liquid storage container can store liquid containing a precipitation component and externally supply the liquid and includes a storage portion that stores the liquid, a supply port that opens to the outside of the storage portion, a pipe having one end connected to the supply port and the other end connected to a suction port that opens to the inside of the storage portion, and an agitation member provided near the suction port for agitating the liquid stored in the storage portion.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes first and second rack members that movably support the first and second holding members in the optical axis direction, and first and second driving members that drive the first and second holding members. The first and second guide shafts that guide the movement of the first and second holding members and the first and second guide shafts that drive the third holding member in the first and second directions orthogonal to each other in the optical axis direction and orthogonal to each other. It has a two-coil unit and a correction unit including first and second urging members that urge the third holding member in the optical axis direction, and has a first rack member, a first drive member, a first guide shaft, and a correction unit. A predetermined arrangement is satisfied.

Abstract: Whether a first heating region is actually a passing heating region or a non-passing heating region which a recording material does not pass through, is detected by the temperature detected by a temperature detecting portion, based on a difference between a detected temperature by a temperature detecting portion in a reference heating region, which is specified to a heating region including a conveyance reference position of the recording material, and a detected temperature in a first heating region which does not include the conveyance reference position and is specified to a passing heating region which the recording material passing through. In a case where it is determined that the first heating region is the non-passing heating region, a prevention control, to prevent overheat of the first heating region is performed in the heating processing of the recording material that passes the nip portion after the determination.

Abstract: A nanoimprint lithography template, a system for using the template and a method of using the template. The template may comprise a body having a front side with a shaping surface. The back side may have a central core-out that is located opposite the shaping surface. A first peripheral region may be bounded by: the central core-out; a first edge of the template; and a first set of two parallel perimeter lines orthogonal to the first edge and extending from the first edge to the central core-out. A first peripheral core-out may be positioned in the first peripheral region.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical data processing apparatus includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: obtain first medical data; generate, based on the first medical data, a derived model from a trained model; obtain second medical data for a same subject as a subject of the first medical data and with an acquisition parameter different from an acquisition parameter of the first medical data; and apply the second medical data to the derived model to generate third medical data.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus is used that has: a first rotation member; an elongated heater disposed in an internal space of the first rotation member, and having a heat generating member and a substrate on which the heat generating member is provided; a temperature sensing unit that detects a temperature of the heater; a heater holder that holds the heater; a second rotation member that forms a nip portion with the heater, across the first rotation member; a reservoir unit that stores grease that is supplied between the first rotation member and the heater; and an elastic member that encloses the temperature sensing unit, such that a toner image formed on a recording material is heated and fixed at the nip portion.

Abstract: A nail printing apparatus prints an image on a nail, and includes a finger placement unit capable of lifting and lowering on which a finger corresponding to the nail is placed, with the finger placement unit having a fixing unit to fix the finger. The fixing unit includes a pressing unit to cover at least a part of the finger, and a pushing-up unit to push up the finger until the finger contacts the pressing unit. In addition, an adjustment unit adjusts an inclination in a height direction of a tip side and a bottom side of a surface of the nail corresponding to the finger placed on the finger placement unit. The adjustment unit includes a fingertip placement unit arranged on a side closer to a fingertip than the fixing unit, and a fingertip lifting/lowering unit to lift/lower the fingertip placement unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium based on an image forming condition; an image reader configured to read an image for adjustment of the image forming condition, the image for adjustment being formed on the recording medium; and a controller configured to control the image forming unit to form images for adjustment; control the image reader to read the images for adjustment; determine target data based on a reading result of a first image included in reading results of the images for adjustment; and adjust the image forming condition, during execution of a job in which the image forming unit forms a plurality of images on a plurality of recording mediums, based on the target data and a reading result of second image included in the reading results of the images for adjustment.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a normal image formation mode and a wide color gamut image formation mode in which an amount of a developer per unit area of a developer image of at least a color that differs from a prescribed color among a plurality of colors is increased as compared to the normal image formation mode. Image data is generated such that an image portion formed in the prescribed color in an image formed on a recording material is formed solely by a developer image of the prescribed color in the normal image formation mode, but formed by superimposing a developer image of a color that differs from the prescribed color on a developer image of the prescribed color or formed solely by a developer image of a different color in place of a developer image of the prescribed color in the wide color gamut image formation mode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member, a developing member, a transfer member, and a brush contacting a surface of the image bearing member in a contact portion downstream of a transfer portion and upstream of a developing portion with respect to a rotational direction of the image bearing member. The toner which is not transferred onto a toner image receiving member is collected by the developing member. In a charging series, the toner is positioned on the same side as a normal charge polarity of the toner relative to the brush. In the contact portion, a maximum value of a contact pressure of 0.7 gf/mm2 or more and 3.5 gf/mm2 or less, a maximum contact area ratio is 18% or more and 74% or less, and a Clark-Evans index of the brush is 1 or more.

Abstract: A medical system according to an embodiment is a system in which at least one medical image diagnosis apparatus and a server are connected via a network and the medical system includes a storage circuit, a processing circuit, and a display circuit. The storage circuit stores information on examinations that are performed by the at least one medical image diagnosis apparatus. The processing circuit generates proposal information based on information on the examinations. The display circuit displays the proposal information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing apparatus configured to fix onto a sheet-shaped recording medium a toner image formed on a surface of the recording medium, the fixing apparatus is detachable from an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus, and the fixing apparatus includes: a fixing member configured to fix the toner image onto the recording medium; a case that houses the fixing member; a cable whose first end is connected to the fixing member; and a connector that is connected to a second end on a side opposite to the first end of the cable, and the connector is fixed to an outer wall surface of the case that faces in a direction opposite to an attaching direction in which the fixing apparatus is attached to the apparatus main body.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus that can suppress degradation of accuracy of phase difference detection. An obtaining unit obtains a plurality of frames of image signals from a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, which receives light fluxes with different incident directions from an object, an information receiving unit receives saturation information indicating whether the obtained image signals are saturated, a filter arithmetic unit subjects the output image signals of the plurality of frames to filter processing, an evaluation value calculation unit calculates a multivalued saturation evaluation value indicating reliability of the image signals subjected to the filter processing using the saturation information of the image signals of the frames most recently output, and a phase difference detection unit determines whether to use the image signals subjected to the filter processing for phase difference detection based on the calculated saturation evaluation value.

Abstract: A developing unit, which is attachable to and detachable from a photosensitive member unit, includes: a developing roller; a housing in which a holding space that holds toner is formed; and a pressing receiving portion that receives pressing force from a pressing member. The housing includes a first bottom portion that projects toward an outer side of the holding space, and a second bottom portion that projects toward the outer side of the holding space, in a state in use. When viewed in a direction of a rotation axis of the developing roller, at least part of the pressing receiving portion is located in a space surrounded by the first bottom portion, the second bottom portion, and a tangent line tangent to both an outer wall of the first bottom portion and an outer wall of the second bottom portion.