Abstract: A stent delivery device includes a stent, a guide member, a pulling member including an engaging portion that is inserted in a gap between an inner cavity of the stent and the guide member and detachably engages the stent, and an insertion portion that passes through an inner cavity of the guide member, the pulling member executing an operation for pulling the stent when the engaging portion engages the stent, and an engagement-releasing member that releases engagement between the engaging portion and the stent.

Abstract: An endo-therapy accessory device used in combination with an endoscope having an endo-therapy accessory channel includes a catheter and an endo-therapy accessory inserted into the catheter. The catheter is inserted into the endo-therapy accessory channel of the endoscope, and has a tip opening, and a first main-index recognized at a hand side in a predetermined position of a rear side from the tip opening. The endo-therapy accessory is inserted into the catheter so that its tip is recessed/projected from the tip opening, and has a second main-index in a position where a distance from the tip coincides with a distance from the tip opening of the catheter to the first main-index, and an insertion portion of the endo-therapy accessory to recognize a projection length when projected from the tip opening of the catheter based on a relative position of the second main-index with the first main-index of the catheter.

Abstract: A treatment instrument for an endoscope includes a main body, a cutting wire and an insertion portion. The cutting wire has an insertion portion inserted in the main body and an exposed portion situated at a distal side of the insertion portion and exposed out of the main body. The cutting wire is supplied with high-frequency current, and the insulating member electrically insulates a peripheral surface of the cutting wire. The insulating member insulates that part of the exposed portion, which is other than a non-insulated portion extending in a range of 5 mm to 15 mm from a distal end of the exposed portion. The excision portion is formed of the non-insulated portion of the cutting wire.

Abstract: An endo-therapy accessory is used in combination with an endoscope which has a forceps elevator. This endo-therapy accessory has an insertion portion of the endo-therapy accessory to be inserted into the endoscope. The insertion portion of the endo-therapy accessory has a forceps elevator fixing section set in a range of passing the elevator, and fixed when the elevator is lifted, and a main index for use in determining whether a part of the elevator fixing section, which is more proximal than a far end of the fixing portion, is located on the elevator.

Abstract: A connecting device is designed releasably to connect a control section of an endoscope and a catheter control portion in a manner such that a channel opening portion in the control section of the endoscope and the catheter control portion are located close to each other.

Abstract: A printing method for printing an ink layer on a can barrel. The method includes picking-up a bright ink containing at least one bright pigment having an average particle size of from 5 to 25 &mgr;m selected from the group consisting of aluminum flake and fine particulate coated pearl pigment from an engraving roller, feeding the picked-up ink to a printing plate directly or via a rubber roller, and applying the ink on the printing plate to a can barrel via a blanket wheel.

Abstract: The envelope is so arranged that a sheet is folded into two to form a front sheet 10 having an address face and a rear sheet 11 having a folded face, an enclosing area S having an opening 17 is provided between the front sheet 10 and the rear sheet 11, a surface of the front sheet 10 facing to the rear sheet 11 and a surface of the rear sheet 11 facing to the front sheet 10 are directly pasted at side portions f2 except for the opening 17 and a folding line 13, the front and the rear sheets 10, 11 generally overlap each other and generally whole area of the enclosing area S consists of a same number of the sheets.

Abstract: An endoscopic high-frequency knife is provided in which, on the external wall of a sheath, two grooves for exposing a knife wire to the external wall surface are formed along the longitudinal axis and are punched to be spaced from each other. In addition, a knife chip fixed along the longitudinal axis of the sheath is provided at the tip end portion of the knife wire. The knife wire has a guide arm section formed by bending a portion adjacent to the knife chip. The guide arm section is disposed at the tip end groove. The tip end of an exposed portion exposed to the external wall side is overhung laterally of the sheath longitudinal central plane passing through the two grooves and the knife chip.

Abstract: An electronic coupon issuing system comprises an electronic coupon server having an electronic coupon generation approval registration section for registering information regarding approval of generation of a coupon, and an electronic coupon acquisition registration section for registering acquisition of the electronic coupon in association with ID information of an electronic coupon usage medium that is presented when the electronic coupon is used. An electronic coupon search section receives the ID information of the electronic coupon usage medium and searches for an electronic coupon that is useable in connection with the ID information, and an electronic coupon reception terminal receives the electronic coupon usage medium and verifies with the electronic coupon search section whether an electronic coupon exists while at the same time approving the use of useable coupons.

Abstract: This invention related to a packaging container and a container closure having excellent curability, aesthetic beauty of an ultraviolet ray hardened coating, transferability of a container, heat-resistant treatability, retortability, and sanitary characteristics. The present invention provides to a packaging container and a container closure having, on the outer surface, a coating layer of a resin composition which comprises a cationic curable resin comprising an alicyclic epoxy resin, a photo-cationic-curing catalyst comprising a compound of the following formula (1), wherein each of R1 and R2 is an alkyl group, and they may be the same or different, and R3 is an alkyl group, a sensitizer comprising a thioxanthone sensitizer, and a pigment comprising titanium dioxide, wherein the amount of said titanium dioxide is at least 0.

Abstract: An o/w water paint having excellent dispersibility and stability is prepared according to a phase conversion process comprising adding ammonia or an amine and water to a solution of an epoxy resin, a hardener resin, and an acrylic resin in an organic solvent or to a molten mixture of these resins to neutralize the acrylic resin. In view of adhesion of a coat to metal and workability, branched alkylamines or heterocyclic amines are suitable as the neutralizing amines. In applying this paint, steam optionally containing fine water droplets is preferably applied to a wet coat prior to drying. Furthermore, a process for the continuous production of an emulsion type water paint comprising a carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin component, an epoxy resin component and a curing agent resin component for the epoxy resin is disclosed.

Abstract: An O/W water paint having excellent dispersibility and stability is prepared according to a phase conversion process comprising adding ammonia or an amine and water to a solution of an epoxy resin, a hardener resin, and an acrylic resin in an organic solvent or to a molten mixture of these resins to neutralize the acrylic resin. In view of adhesion of a coat to metal and workability, branched alkylamines or heterocyclic amines are suitable as the neutralizing amine. In applying this paint, steam optionally containing fine water droplets is preferably applied to a wet coat prior to drying.

Abstract: An o/w water paint having excellent dispersibility and stability is prepared according to a phase conversion process comprising adding ammonia or an amine and water to a solution of an epoxy resin, a hardener resin, and an acrylic resin in an organic solvent or to a molten mixture of these resins to neutralize the acrylic resin. In view of adhesion of a coat to metal and workability, branched alkylamines or heterocyclic amines are suitable as the neutralizing amines. In applying this paint, steam optionally containing fine water droplets is preferably applied to a wet coat prior to drying. Furthermore, a process for the continuous production of an emulsion type water paint comprising a carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin component, an epoxy resin component and a curing agent resin component for the epoxy resin is disclosed.

Abstract: In the present invention, a plurality of fixed flats are disposed in juxtaposition to one another, and an opening 5 to 33 mm wide is formed between each pair of adjoining fixed flats, in such a manner that the dust is entrained in the discharge air current produced at the upstream side of the opening and extracted out of the opened fiber mass.