Abstract: Provided is a granular jelly beverage for medication used for taking the crude drug(s) and/or herbal medicine(s), which granular jelly beverage for medication comprises (a) 0.1 to 15.0% by mass of a bitterness masking ingredient comprising a plant fat and oil and/or animal fat and oil; (b) 5.0 to 20.0% by mass of a bitterness masking auxiliary ingredient comprising a sugar alcohol; (c) 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of an aggregation-inhibiting gelling ingredient; (d) 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of at least one taste adjusting ingredient selected from the group consisting of acids, derivatives thereof and salts thereof; and (e) a balance of water.

Abstract: An edible gelatinized material that fills a container is enabled to be extruded being crushed into grains each having a proper size such that a patient, a child, or an elderly person who has difficulty in swallowing a medicine, etc., using ordinary drinking water, etc., for administration of the medicine, etc., is enabled to easily execute the administration, by facilitating the swallowing of the medicine, etc., without causing such a person any difficulty, feeling of a foreign substance, etc.

Abstract: An electronic thermometer includes a hollow probe provided at its longitudinal tip with a temperature measuring unit having a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature, electrodes neighboring to the temperature sensor and arranged in the hollow of the probe, and a determining unit for determining whether temperature measuring unit is in appropriate contact with a measurement target portion of a user or not, based on a change in electrostatic capacity sensed using the electrodes.

Abstract: An electronic thermometer has a probe having a temperature measuring unit at its end, a temperature sensor arranged in the temperature measuring unit of the probe, a contact sensor arranged in a position shifter from the temperature measuring unit of the probe toward a thermometer body, a determining unit for determining whether a state of contact between the temperature measuring unit and a measurement target portion of a user is good or not, based on outputs of both the temperature sensor and the contact sensor, and a notifying unit for providing a notification according to a result of the determination by the determining unit.

Abstract: A particulate jelly beverage which facilitates the intake of a bitter drug and/or supplement. The beverage comprises 0.1 to 15.0% bitterness-masking ingredient comprising a vegetable fat or animal fat, 5 to 20% bitterness-masking aid comprising a sugar alcohol, 0.1 to 5.0 % gellant such as an agar or carrageenan, and water as the remainder. It may optionally contain an ingredient for reducing water repellency, such as a sucrose/fatty acid ester, glycerol/fatty acid ester, or propylene glycol, in an amount of 0.01 to 1.5%.

Abstract: An edible gelatinized material that fills a container is enabled to be extruded being crushed into grains each having a proper size such that a patient, a child, or an elderly person who has difficulty in swallowing a medicine, etc., using ordinary drinking water, etc., for administration of the medicine, etc., is enabled to easily execute the administration, by facilitating the swallowing of the medicine, etc., without causing such a person any difficulty, feeling of a foreign substance, etc.

Abstract: An electronic thermometer includes a hollow probe provided at its longitudinal tip with a temperature measuring unit having a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature, electrodes neighboring to the temperature sensor and arranged in the hollow of the probe, and a determining unit for determining whether temperature measuring unit is in appropriate contact with a measurement target portion of a user or not, based on a change in electrostatic capacity sensed using the electrodes.

Abstract: An electronic thermometer has a probe having a temperature measuring unit at its end, a temperature sensor arranged in the temperature measuring unit of the probe, a contact sensor arranged in a position shifter from the temperature measuring unit of the probe toward a thermometer body, a determining unit for determining whether a state of contact between the temperature measuring unit and a measurement target portion of a user is good or not, based on outputs of both the temperature sensor and the contact sensor, and a notifying unit for providing a notification according to a result of the determination by the determining unit.

Abstract: Provided is a granular jelly beverage for medication used for taking the crude drug(s) and/or herbal medicine(s), which granular jelly beverage for medication comprises (a) 0.1 to 15.0% by mass of a bitterness masking ingredient comprising a plant fat and oil and/or animal fat and oil; (b) 5.0 to 20.0% by mass of a bitterness masking auxiliary ingredient comprising a sugar alcohol; (c) 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of an aggregation-inhibiting gelling ingredient; (d) 0.1 to 5.0% by mass of at least one taste adjusting ingredient selected from the group consisting of acids, derivatives thereof and salts thereof; and (e) a balance of water.

Abstract: A particulate jelly beverage which facilitates the intake of a bitter drug and/or supplement. The beverage comprises 0.1 to 15.0% bitterness-masking ingredient comprising a vegetable fat or animal fat, 5 to 20% bitterness-masking aid comprising a sugar alcohol, 0.1 to 5.0% gellant such as an agar or carrageenan, and water as the remainder. It may optionally contain an ingredient for reducing water repellency, such as a sucrose/fatty acid ester, glycerol/fatty acid ester, or propylene glycol, in an amount of 0.01 to 1.5%.

Abstract: To provide a swallowing-assistive drink for medicines that improves swallowing various medicines, is convenient and substitutable with ordinary drinking water, and does not disturb the efficacy of medicines and a swallowing method. A swallowing-assistive drink for helping swallowing medicines that contains water and an adhesive paste, forming a viscous liquid or a gelatinoid. If the drink is viscous liquid, the viscosity is 1,000-25,000 cP at 20° C., and if the drink is gelatinous, jelly strength is 10-100 g/cm2 at 20° C.

Abstract: To provide a swallowing-assistive drink for medicines that improves swallowing various medicines, is convenient and substitutable with ordinary drinking water, and does not disturb the efficacy of medicines and a swallowing method. A swallowing-assistive drink for helping swallowing medicines that contains water and an adhesive paste, forming a viscous liquid or a gelatinoid. If the drink is viscous liquid, the viscosity is 1,000-25,000 cP at 20° C., and if the drink is gelatinous, jelly gel strength is 10-100 g/cm2 at 20° C.