Abstract: This optical device includes at least one magnetic element including a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, a laser diode, and a waveguide, in which the waveguide includes at least one input waveguide optically connected to the laser diode and an output waveguide connected to the input waveguide, and at least some of light propagating in at least one of the input waveguide and the output waveguide is applied to the magnetic element.

Abstract: This optical waveguide detection element includes a substrate, an optical waveguide layer formed on the substrate, and a photodetector. The optical waveguide layer includes a first optical waveguide in which visible light having a wavelength of 380 nm to 800 nm propagates, a second optical waveguide in which near-infrared light having a wavelength of 801 nm to 2000 nm propagates, and a third optical waveguide in which light propagates to a light receiving surface of the photodetector. A visible light output port of the first optical waveguide from which the visible light is output, a near-infrared light output port of the second optical waveguide from which the near-infrared light is output, and a reflected light input port of the third optical waveguide to which the near-infrared light is reflected and returned are arranged on one end surface of the optical waveguide layer.

Abstract: A medical instrument set includes a embolic device loading catheter that includes a catheter body including a loading lumen having an open distal end, and a proximal hub including an insertion passage communicating with a proximal end of the loading lumen, and in which an embolic device is loaded in the loading lumen; and a delivery pusher that includes an elongated pusher body insertable into the loading lumen through the insertion passage of the proximal hub of the embolic device loading catheter. The catheter body includes a distal connection portion attachable to and detachable from a sheath hub on a distal side of the catheter body. The pusher body has a body length longer than a distance from a proximal end of the insertion passage of the proximal hub to a distal end opening of a sheath communicating with a sheath lumen of a delivery catheter.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides technology that can ensure excellent visibility when introducing an embolization agent and that reduces the visibility of said agent after introduction. Provided is an embolization agent having a hydrogel which contains a visualizing agent, and a reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a crosslinking agent, and, as necessary, a bifunctional monomer, where the swelling ratio of the embolization agent is 5-300 times, and the post-swelling CT number of the embolization agent is 50-300 HU and falls below the pre-swelling CT number of the embolization agent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique capable of ensuring good visibility when introducing an embolic agent and reducing the visibility after introduction. Provided is an embolic agent kit. The embolic agent kit includes: a catheter having an inner cavity; a reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a crosslinking agent, which is filled in the inner cavity; and a priming solution containing a visualization agent and configured to prime an inside of the catheter.

Abstract: To permit placement of an embolic device embolic device at a desired indwelling position in an aneurysm and readjustment of the indwelling position of the embolic device that is already indwelled, a medical instrument set includes an embolic device insertable into a delivery catheter, and configured to, when the embolic device is indwelled in an aneurysm, absorb a liquid in the aneurysm and expand, and an elongated delivery pusher insertable into the delivery catheter and configured to push the embolic device out of the delivery catheter into the aneurysm. The delivery pusher includes an elongated main body and an aspiration lumen that is formed to penetrate to main body in an axial direction from a distal end to a proximal end of the main body and causes the delivery pusher to aspirate and hold the embolic device.

Abstract: To displace an amount of curvature of a curved section at the tip of an insertion part that delivers an embolic device into an aneurysm to facilitate insertion/removal operations, an elongated and hollow delivery catheter includes an elongated main body, and a curved section at the distal side of the main body that curves to gradually move away from a center axis of the main body. The curved section has a lumen that continues from the distal end of the curved section toward the base end of the main body and enables delivery of an embolic device into an aneurysm through the lumen. The delivery catheter is usable with an elongated correcting member that is insertable into the delivery catheter lumen and that displaces the curved section so that an amount of curvature of the curved section after insertion is less than that before insertion.

Abstract: A drug supply device for supplying drug to a living body surface that includes a shaft and a drug holding sheet attached to the distal end of the shaft. The drug holding sheet has a first face that faces distally and a second face opposite the first face that faces proximally when the drug holding sheet is expanded. The drug holding sheet includes folded portions that fold such that the first face is positioned to face radially inward while exposing the second face to an outside environment when the drug holding sheet is in a folded state. A drug is applied on the first face of the drug holding sheet. The drug supply device includes an expandable member on the second face of the drug holding sheet. The expandable member is expandable to cause the drug holding sheet to expand from the folded state into the expanded state.

Abstract: A drug supply device for supplying drug to a living body surface that includes a shaft and a drug holding sheet attached to the distal end of the shaft. The drug holding sheet has a first face that faces distally and a second face opposite the first face that faces proximally when the drug holding sheet is expanded. The drug holding sheet includes folded portions that fold such that the first face is positioned to face radially inward while exposing the second face to an outside environment when the drug holding sheet is in a folded state. A drug is applied on the first face of the drug holding sheet. The drug supply device includes an expandable member on the second face of the drug holding sheet. The expandable member is expandable to cause the drug holding sheet to expand from the folded state into the expanded state.

Abstract: A medical apparatus for joining body lumens in a living body includes a puncture member having a lumen, a distal opening portion and a needle tip at the distal end of the lumen. The needle tip can puncture a tube wall of the body lumen to form a puncture site. The medical apparatus includes a tubular member in the lumen of the puncture member that expands radially outward and contracts radially inward and a plunger movable relative to the puncture member to release the tubular member from the distal opening portion of the puncture member. The tubular member expands to be fixed to the puncture site when the tubular member is released from the distal opening portion of the puncture member.

Abstract: A drug supply device for supplying drug to a living body surface that includes a shaft and a drug holding sheet attached to the distal end of the shaft. The drug holding sheet has a first face that faces distally and a second face opposite the first face that faces proximally when the drug holding sheet is expanded. The drug holding sheet includes folded portions that fold such that the first face is positioned to face radially inward while exposing the second face to an outside environment when the drug holding sheet is in a folded state. A drug is applied on the first face of the drug holding sheet. The drug supply device includes an expandable member on the second face of the drug holding sheet. The expandable member is expandable to cause the drug holding sheet to expand from the folded state into the expanded state.

Abstract: A paper ejection tray assembly for ejecting paper in an ejecting direction in an image reading device includes a tray body including a stacking surface for stacking an ejected paper, and a pair of movable ribs which are arranged a predetermined distance apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the ejection direction of the paper and which project out from the stacking surface of the tray body at least when paper is ejected from an ejection slot, the pair of ribs respectively have first inclined surfaces with heights from the stacking surface gradually becoming higher from the downstream side toward the upstream side of the ejection direction of the paper so as to guide the paper ejected from the ejection slot.

Abstract: A paper ejection tray assembly for ejecting paper in an ejecting direction in an image reading device includes a tray body including a stacking surface for stacking an ejected paper, and a pair of movable ribs which are arranged a predetermined distance apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the ejection direction of the paper and which project out from the stacking surface of the tray body at least when paper is ejected from an ejection slot, the pair of ribs respectively have first inclined surfaces with heights from the stacking surface gradually becoming higher from the downstream side toward the upstream side of the ejection direction of the paper so as to guide the paper ejected from the ejection slot.

Abstract: The catheter includes a hollow shaft, at least one adhering portion provided on an outer surface of the shaft, and plural protrusions arranged on the adhering portion. The protrusions are configured to increase a contact surface area to show adhesive strength due to a Van der Waals force.

Abstract: A device for treating the lumen of a living body includes a shaft insertable into a blood vessel, and a balloon provided on the shaft and shiftable between a deflated state and an expanded state. In the expanded state, the balloon has a recessed portion configured to form a coating chamber which is substantially blocked between an inner surface of the blood vessels and the device for treating the lumen of a living body, a discharge port provided on the recessed portion to discharge a coating substance toward the coating chamber; and a suction port provided on the recessed portion to apply a negative pressure to the coating chamber.

Abstract: A wire harness including a wire fitting is provided that maintains the length of the portion of the wire bundle that extends to the outside of the wire fitting reliably at a tolerance range without impeding the freedom of bending the wire bundle. A wire harness includes a wire fitting having a base and a cover covering a portion of a wire bundle together with the base. The base is provided with a protrusion that pierces the insulated wires at a portion further to an outer edge of the base than a portion of the wire bundle that is tied together by a first tie member, the wire bundle extending from the base to an outside of the base.

Abstract: A medical apparatus for joining body lumens in a living body includes a puncture member having a lumen, a distal opening portion and a needle tip at the distal end of the lumen. The needle tip can puncture a tube wall of the body lumen to form a puncture site. The medical apparatus includes a tubular member in the lumen of the puncture member that expands radially outward and contracts radially inward and a plunger movable relative to the puncture member to release the tubular member from the distal opening portion of the puncture member. The tubular member expands to be fixed to the puncture site when the tubular member is released from the distal opening portion of the puncture member.

Abstract: An image-reading apparatus includes a light source unit that includes, a light source section on which a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light toward a medium whose image is read by an image-capturing unit are arranged in a main-scanning direction, and a diffusion unit that diffuses therein the light emitted from the light-emitting elements, wherein a rib provided in a frame of the image-reading apparatus, the rib being capable of being fitted with a cutout portion, the light source section includes a connector provided at one end of the main-scanning direction and the cutout portion provided at the other end of the main-scanning direction, the diffusion unit has a shape through which the light source section is inserted, and a size of the diffusion unit in the main-scanning direction is equal to or shorter than a distance between the connector and the cutout portion.

Abstract: A light source unit of an image-reading apparatus includes, a light source section on which a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light toward a medium whose image is read by an image-capturing unit are arranged in a main-scanning direction, and a diffusion unit that transmits and diffuses therein the light emitted from the light-emitting elements. A pattern for suppressing emission of light to an outside is formed at a position opposite each of the plurality of light-emitting elements in the diffusion unit.