Abstract: A wireless power supply system utilizing the PT symmetry including a power supply circuit provided with a power supply coil and a power receiving circuit provided with a power receiving coil, wherein each of the power supply circuit and power receiving circuit has a resonant circuit, and in the resonant circuit of the power receiving circuit, the power receiving coil and two capacitors are connected in series and a rectifier circuit is connected to both ends of one of the two capacitors.

Abstract: An intravascular device (1) is configured such that a first end section (1a) is disposed in a blood vessel of an organism, and an electrode for detection or stimulation of nerve tissue located outside the blood vessel is provided to the first end section (1a). The intravascular device (1) includes: an electrically-conductive wire member (10); at least one electrode member (20) that is provided on the first end section (1a) side and that is electrically connected to the wire member (10); and difference reduction sections (30, 40) that reduce a level difference caused by an outer diameter difference between the outer diameter of the electrode member (20) and the outer diameter of the wire member (10). The electrical resistance between the electrode member (20) and a second end section (1b) of the wire member (10), which is on the side opposite from the first end section (1a), is 100? or less.

Abstract: There is provided a method for accomplishing, in frying, one or both selected from shortening the time required for the frying and minimizing oil spattering during the frying. An oil and fat composition containing an edible oil and fat and a glycerin fatty acid ester.

Abstract: A wireless power supply system using Parity-Time symmetry for supplying an electric power from an external device 19 installed outside a human body to an internal device 29 installed inside the human body for driving an artificial device, wherein a power transmission side resonance circuit 12 is formed by connecting a power transmission side coil 11 and a power transmission side resonance capacitor in series with each other, a power reception side resonance circuit 22 is formed by connecting a power reception side coil 21 with at least one of power reception side resonance capacitors, and resonance frequencies are matched with each other between the power transmission side resonance circuit and the power reception side resonance circuit.

Abstract: The wafer test system includes: a prober including a chuck that holds a semiconductor wafer and a probe card having probe needles thereon, and brings the probe needles in contact with semiconductor chips formed on the semiconductor wafer to inspect the semiconductor chips; an overhead hoist transport that delivers the cassette that houses the plurality of semiconductor wafers to be inspected to the prober and withdraws, from the prober, the cassette that houses the semiconductor wafers that have been inspected; a conveying control unit that controls the overhead hoist transport to convey the probe card between a replacement position of the probe card predetermined in the prober and a storage of the probe card located in a place different from the prober; and a card conveying mechanism that conveys the probe card between a holding position in the prober and the replacement position.

Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide a magnetic resonance wireless power transfer device which allows constant transmission power and high transmission efficiency to be maintained over a long transmission distance even when the distance (transmission distance) between a transmitter coil and a receiver coil changes.

Abstract: This information processing device for use in the diagnosis of epilepsy is provided with: a receiving means for receiving the identification of a first site that is a target for the detection of an electric signal in a brain tissue in a subject; a wire information receiving means for receiving wire information; an identification means for identifying a second site that is suitable for the detection of the electric signal from the first site by an epilepsy diagnosis device placed in a blood vessel on the basis of the wire information, in which the blood vessel is selected from blood vessels in the brain tissue in the subject or in a part in the vicinity of the brain tissue; and a display control means for displaying the second site in the blood vessel on a predetermined display unit.

Abstract: The wafer test system includes: a prober including a chuck that holds a semiconductor wafer and a probe card having probe needles thereon, and brings the probe needles in contact with semiconductor chips formed on the semiconductor wafer to inspect the semiconductor chips; an overhead hoist transport that delivers the cassette that houses the plurality of semiconductor wafers to be inspected to the prober and withdraws, from the prober, the cassette that houses the semiconductor wafers that have been inspected; a conveying control unit that controls the overhead hoist transport to convey the probe card between a replacement position of the probe card predetermined in the prober and a storage of the probe card located in a place different from the prober; and a card conveying mechanism that conveys the probe card between a holding position in the prober and the replacement position.

Abstract: An intravascular device (1) is configured such that a first end section (1a) is disposed in a blood vessel of an organism, and an electrode for detection or stimulation of nerve tissue located outside the blood vessel is provided to the first end section (1a). The intravascular device (1) includes: an electrically-conductive wire member (10); at least one electrode member (20) that is provided on the first end section (1a) side and that is electrically connected to the wire member (10); and difference reduction sections (30, 40) that reduce a level difference caused by an outer diameter difference between the outer diameter of the electrode member (20) and the outer diameter of the wire member (10). The electrical resistance between the electrode member (20) and a second end section (1b) of the wire member (10), which is on the side opposite from the first end section (1a), is 100? or less.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a magnetic resonance wireless power transfer device which allows constant transmission power and high transmission efficiency to be maintained over a long transmission distance even when the distance (transmission distance) between a transmitter coil and a receiver coil changes.

Abstract: An electrodeposit formed by using a tin or tin alloy plating bath containing a prescribed branched polyoxyalkylene compound, such as an alkylene oxide adduct of aliphatic monoamine or polyamine in which a plurality of oxyalkylene chains are bonded to a nitrogen atom of an amine structure in a molecule, or an alkylene oxide adduct of glycerin or polyglycerin in which oxyalkylene chains are respectively bonded to a plurality of oxygen atoms of an alcohol structure in a molecule, suppresses formation defect such as abnormal growth of the electrodeposit. The electrodeposit also improves yield from the viewpoint of quality control.

Abstract: A biopsy forceps includes: a forceps part having a forceps cup that may open and close; a bending part that is configured to be bendable and includes the forceps part at the front end thereof; an operation part for operating opening and closing of the forceps cup and bending of the bending part; a shaft part coupled to the bending part and the operation part; a first operating member that is inserted through the shaft part, the first operating member being for opening and closing the forceps cup in conjunction with the operation of the operation part; a second operating member that is inserted through the shaft part, the second operating member being for bending the bending part in conjunction with the operation of the operation part; and a contrast agent supply tube that is inserted through the shaft part, the contrast agent supply tube having a distal end open to the forceps part and a proximal end open to the operation part.

Abstract: A stent system according to the present invention is for use in retrieving a blood clot from the brain region and includes a wire; a first stent connected to a distal portion of the wire; a first outer sheath that covers and is fixed to a portion of the wire proximal to the first stent; and a second stent disposed on a portion of the wire proximal to the first stent, in which the second stent is configured to be movable toward or away from the first stent.

Abstract: A foreign substance removing device includes a tubular member and a retriever configured to be expandable to and contractible from a predetermined shape. The retriever includes main wires disposed to be centered around a tube axis of the tubular member, and sub wires each connecting adjacent ones of the main wires to each other. Each of the main wires is configured to curve when the retriever is expanded such that a space having a predetermined size is provided by the main wires. Each of the sub wires is configured to be foldable at at least one point between the adjacent ones of the main wires. When the retriever is expanded, the folding points of the sub wires are positioned inside the space such that the sub wires do not protrude out of the main wires.

Abstract: A stent according to the invention includes: a strut extending in a predetermined direction; a first protrusion provided on the strut, the first protrusion being substantially L-shaped and extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a distal side in the predetermined direction; a second protrusion that is provided on the strut and located distal to the first protrusion, the second protrusion being substantially L-shaped, extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a proximal side in the predetermined direction, and having a tip spaced apart from a tip of the first protrusion; and an opaque member being substantially tubular and highly opaque to radiation, the opaque member having two end portions in which the first and second protrusions are inserted, respectively.

Abstract: A fluid heating component including: a pillar-shaped member made of ceramics and formed with through channels through which a fluid passes, and a conductive coating layer disposed on at least a part of a circumferential surface of the pillar-shaped member, wherein the conductive coating layer is disposed on coats the whole circumference of a cut surface of the pillar-shaped member in a state where the conducive coating layer is electrically connected, in the cut surface of the pillar-shaped member which is perpendicular to a passing direction of the fluid.

Abstract: A fluid heating component including: a porous body made of ceramics and formed with through channels through which a fluid passes, and a conductive coating layer disposed on a through channel surface of at least a part of each through channel, wherein the conductive coating layer is electrically connected, and is continuous.

Abstract: A method for producing a silicon carbide sintered body, comprising adding water to a raw material mixture containing silicon carbide powder, at least one binder, and optionally at least one carbon source other than the silicon carbide and the at least one binder, and subjecting the raw material mixture to kneading, molding, and drying in this order, to obtain a dried body; heating the dried body to remove organic substances from the dried body to obtain a degreased body; and firing the degreased body in an inert atmosphere to obtain a silicon carbide sintered body. The method comprises controlling an expansion/shrinkage rate of the sintered body by adjusting at least one of (1) an amount of the at least one carbon source in the raw material mixture, (2) an amount of the at least one binder in the raw material mixture, and (3) a degreasing rate.

Abstract: A stent according to the invention includes: a strut extending in a predetermined direction; a first protrusion provided on the strut, the first protrusion being substantially L-shaped and extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a distal side in the predetermined direction; a second protrusion that is provided on the strut and located distal to the first protrusion, the second protrusion being substantially L-shaped, extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a proximal side in the predetermined direction, and having a tip spaced apart from a tip of the first protrusion; and an opaque member being substantially tubular and highly opaque to radiation, the opaque member having two end portions in which the first and second protrusions are inserted, respectively.

Abstract: A stent system according to the present invention is for use in retrieving a blood clot from the brain region and includes a wire; a first stent connected to a distal portion of the wire; a first outer sheath that covers and is fixed to a portion of the wire proximal to the first stent; and a second stent disposed on a portion of the wire proximal to the first stent, in which the second stent is configured to be movable toward or away from the first stent.