Abstract: A drug transferring needle includes a needle base portion, a first needle portion having therein an air passage, and a second needle portion longer than the first needle portion and arranged parallel to the first needle portion. In the first needle portion, a first air vent being one end of the air passage is provided on a distal end side of the second needle portion from a second air vent being the other end of the air passage. In the second needle portion, one end of a liquid passage is connected to the inside of the needle base portion, and the other end thereof is a liquid pass opening of the second needle portion. The second needle portion has a distal end having the liquid pass opening, a base portion connected to the needle base portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the distal end and the base portion.

Abstract: A drug transferring needle includes a needle base portion, a first needle portion having therein an air passage, and a second needle portion longer than the first needle portion and arranged parallel to the first needle portion. In the first needle portion, a first air vent being one end of the air passage is provided on a distal end side of the second needle portion from a second air vent being the other end of the air passage. In the second needle portion, one end of a liquid passage is connected to the inside of the needle base portion, and the other end thereof is a liquid pass opening of the second needle portion. The second needle portion has a distal end having the liquid pass opening, a base portion connected to the needle base portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the distal end and the base portion.

Abstract: A drug solution transfer method includes step S1 of inserting a needle into a drug solution container through a rubber stopper and sucking drug solution in the drug solution container, step S2 of checking whether or not a solution collection inlet at a tip of the needle has shifted into the rubber stopper upon extracting the needle from the drug solution container, step S3 of pulling a plunger of a syringe provided with the needle so that an inside of the needle and an inner space of the syringe have negative pressure, and step S4 of relatively shifting the needle along with the syringe to be distant from the drug solution container so as to extract the solution collection inlet of the needle from the rubber stopper.

Abstract: An imaging device for capturing an image of an imaging object that is an artificial food mass, in which a light-transmissive microparticle is contained in a base material having a property of blocking infrared light, includes imaging means for capturing the image of the imaging object from one side; and an infrared light source that emits infrared light on the imaging object from the other side of the imaging object. The imaging means includes visible-light removing means for not receiving visible light. The imaging means captures the image of the imaging object while the infrared light source emits the infrared light on the imaging object. The device can accurately count the number of “microparticles not finely crushed or ground” by a computer or the like.

Abstract: When light is incident to an antenna layer AA6 of a photocathode AA1, light of a specific wavelength included in the incident light couples with surface plasmons in the antenna layer AA6 whereupon near-field light is outputted from a through hole AA14. The intensity of the output near-field light is proportional to and greater than the intensity of the light of the specific wavelength. The output near-field light has a wavelength that can be absorbed in a photoelectric conversion layer AA4. The photoelectric conversion layer AA4 receives the near-field light outputted from the through hole AA14. A region of the photoelectric conversion layer AA4 around the through hole AA14 absorbs the near-field light and generates photoelectrons (e?) in an amount according to the intensity of the near-field light. The photoelectrons (e?) generated in the photoelectric conversion layer AA4 are outputted to the outside.

Abstract: When light is incident to an antenna layer AA6 of a photocathode AA1, light of a specific wavelength included in the incident light couples with surface plasmons in the antenna layer AA6 whereupon near-field light is outputted from a through hole AA14. The intensity of the output near-field light is proportional to and greater than the intensity of the light of the specific wavelength. The output near-field light has a wavelength that can be absorbed in a photoelectric conversion layer AA4. The photoelectric conversion layer AA4 receives the near-field light outputted from the through hole AA14. A region of the photoelectric conversion layer AA4 around the through hole AA14 absorbs the near-field light and generates photoelectrons (e?) in an amount according to the intensity of the near-field light. The photoelectrons (e?) generated in the photoelectric conversion layer AA4 are outputted to the outside.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including a semiconductor substrate and an active layer which is formed on the substrate and has a cascade structure formed by multistage-laminating unit laminate structures 16 each including an emission layer 17 and an injection layer 18 is configured. The unit laminate structure 16 has a first upper level L3, a second upper level L4, and a lower level L2 in the emission layer 17, and an injection level L1 in the injection layer 18, an energy interval between the levels L3 and L4 is set to be smaller than the energy of an LO phonon, the layer thickness of the exit barrier layer is set in a range not less than 70% and not more than 150% of the layer thickness of the injection barrier layer, light is generated by emission transition in the emission layer 17, and electrons after the emission transition are injected from the level L2 into the level L4 of the emission layer of a subsequent stage via the level L1.

Abstract: In a micro-liquid transfer apparatus including two washing tanks (first washing tanks A and B), operations to transfer a sample are carried out using two pin tools (pin tools A and B) alternately. While one pin tool A is being mounted on a pin tool holder and is being used to transfer a liquid, the other pin tool B is waiting in a state where the lower end portions of their associated pins are immersed in the first washing tank B. While one pin tool A is being mounted on a pin tool holder and is being used to transfer a very small amount of liquid, the lower end portions of the respective pins of the other pin tool are washed, whereby the liquid transfer operations can be made in progress with no interruption and thus the generation of the operation waiting time can be prevented.

Abstract: A multifunction card device has an external connection terminal, an interface controller, a memory, and the security controller connected to the interface controller and the external connection terminal. The interface controller has a plurality of interface control modes, and controls an external-interface action and a memory interface action by the control mode according to the instruction from the outside. The external connection terminals have an individual terminal individualized for every interface control mode, and a communalized common terminal. A clock input terminal, a power supply terminal, and an earthing terminal are included in the common terminals. A data terminal, and a dedicated terminal of the security controller are included in the individual terminals. Partial communalization and individualization of an external connection terminal attain a guarantee of the reliability of an interface, and increase control of physical magnitude to some kinds of interface control modes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a memory card equipped with an interface controller connected to external connecting terminals, a memory connected to the interface controller, and a security controller connected to the interface controller. A second external connecting terminal capable of supplying an operating power supply to the security controller is provided aside from a first external connecting terminal which supplies an operating power supply to the interface controller and the memory. An interface unit of the interface controller connected to the security controller receives the operating power supply from the second external connecting terminal and thereby enables a stop of the supply of the operating power supply from the first external connecting terminal. Even if the supply of the operating power supply to the interface controller is cut off, the output of the interface unit is not brought to an indefinite state.

Abstract: A multifunction card device has an external connection terminal, an interface controller, a memory, and the security controller connected to the interface controller and the external connection terminal. The interface controller has a plurality of interface control modes, and controls an external-interface action and a memory interface action by the control mode according to the instruction from the outside. The external connection terminals have an individual terminal individualized for every interface control mode, and a communalized common terminal. A clock input terminal, a power supply terminal, and an earthing terminal are included in the common terminals. A data terminal, and a dedicated terminal of the security controller are included in the individual terminals. Partial communalization and individualization of an external connection terminal attain a guarantee of the reliability of an interface, and increase control of physical magnitude to some kinds of interface control modes.

Abstract: An antenna connection function for a noncontact interface is provided by suppressing a modification in a pin arrangement and a pin shape of a memory card that does not correspond to the noncontact interface. Two antenna connecting pins having the memory card are divided into two areas in which a size of one potential supply pin is the largest and used as a split pin arranged at intervals. Because a size of the two antenna connecting pins is at maximum as large as the size of the potential supply pin, the two antenna connecting pins are provided and the memory card that corresponds to the noncontact interface is obtained by devoting a pin area having the size of the one potential supply pin to the memory card that does not correspond to the noncontact interface. Accordingly, the pin area of the memory card that corresponds to the noncontact interface can be formed without departing from the pin area of the memory card that does not correspond to the noncontact interface.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device including a semiconductor substrate and an active layer which is formed on the substrate and has a cascade structure formed by multistage-laminating unit laminate structures 16 each including an emission layer 17 and an injection layer 18 is configured. The unit laminate structure 16 has a first upper level L3, a second upper level L4, and a lower level L2 in the emission layer 17, and an injection level L1 in the injection layer 18, an energy interval between the levels L3 and L4 is set to be smaller than the energy of an LO phonon, the layer thickness of the exit barrier layer is set in a range not less than 70% and not more than 150% of the layer thickness of the injection barrier layer, light is generated by emission transition in the emission layer 17, and electrons after the emission transition are injected from the level L2 into the level L4 of the emission layer of a subsequent stage via the level L1.

Abstract: An IC card and card adapters are designed so that the IC card of a specific standard (e.g., MMC standard) is compatible with IC cards and terminals of other standards (e.g., MS card standard and USB terminal standard). In the IC card (MMC), a controller IC, which is connected to a flash memory, includes a voltage pull-down detector, a mode controller, a USB-mode interface controller, a MS-mode interface controller, and an MMC/SD-mode interface controller. The card adapters suffice to have component parts which are easy in formation and low in cost such as wiring lines and resistors. The voltage pull-down detector of the IC card detects the voltage pull-down caused by the resistors, and the mode controller selects the USB-mode interface controller, MS-mode interface controller or MMC/SD-mode interface controller so that the IC card becomes compatible with the corresponding IC card standard.

Abstract: There is disclosed a waveguide structure that propagates surface plasmon waves, comprising: a quantum well structure, disposed on a semiconductor substrate; wherein the quantum well structure has a quantum well layer, in turn having an intersecting region that intersects a hypothetical plane substantially orthogonal to an alignment direction of the quantum well structure with respect to the semiconductor substrate, and a real part of a dielectric constant of the quantum well structure is negative for THz waves of a predetermined wavelength.

Abstract: When light is incident to an antenna layer AA6 of a photocathode AA1, light of a specific wavelength included in the incident light couples with surface plasmons in the antenna layer AA6 whereupon near-field light is outputted from a through hole AA14. The intensity of the output near-field light is proportional to and greater than the intensity of the light of the specific wavelength. The output near-field light has a wavelength that can be absorbed in a photoelectric conversion layer AA4. The photoelectric conversion layer AA4 receives the near-field light outputted from the through hole AA14. A region of the photoelectric conversion layer AA4 around the through hole AA14 absorbs the near-field light and generates photoelectrons (e?) in an amount according to the intensity of the near-field light. The photoelectrons (e?) generated in the photoelectric conversion layer AA4 are outputted to the outside.

Abstract: A dispensing head 4 which moves relatively to a sample vessel 8 to dispense a sample into the sample vessel is provided with lid traps 32. The lid traps 32 have arms 38 freely swingable for the dispensing head 4 and sucking pads 39 formed on the lower ends of the arms 38, respectively. The arms 38 are swung by a lid trap swinging cylinder 24 thereby to move the lid 9 trapped by sucking using the sucking pads 39 sideward of the dispensing head 4.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cellular potential measurement container that can measure a cellular potential with high accuracy while suppressing noise even when the number of the cells to be subjected to the measurement is increased. The cellular potential measurement container includes a first solution reservoir 14, a second solution reservoir 15, a partition substrate 18, a first electrode 27a, a second electrode 27b, a first measurement terminal 13a, and a second measurement terminal 13b. The first solution reservoir 14 and the second solution reservoir 15 are partitioned with the partition substrate 18, and the partition substrate 18 has a through hole 19. A first end of the through hole 19 is open toward the first solution reservoir 14 while a second end of the through hole 19 is open toward the second solution reservoir 15. The opening at the first end of the through hole 19 can hold a cell.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for improving flavor of a food or drink, a flavor improving agent for a food or drink, a seasoning, and a food or drink having improved flavor. To attain the object, the present invention provides a method for improving flavor of a food or drink, which comprises adding an amino-carbonyl reactant of a peptide having a molecular weight of 1000-5000 with a carbonyl compound, a flavor improving agent comprising said amino-carbonyl reactant as an active ingredient, a seasoning comprising said amino-carbonyl reactant and umami as active ingredients, and a food or drink comprising said flavor improving agent or seasoning added thereto.

Abstract: A process for producing a silicon single crystal includes the steps of bringing a seed crystal into contact with a silicon melt, gradually pulling the seed crystal from the melt so as to form a neck having a tapered portion and a constant diameter portion, then pulling a silicon single crystal. The atmosphere used during neck formation is a hydrogen-containing atmosphere prepared by adding a hydrogen-containing substance to an inert gas. The hydrogen-containing substance has a hydrogen gas equivalent concentration in the hydrogen-containing atmosphere of 3 to 20%.