Abstract: The present invention provides a screw device enabling insulation of sounds occurring from the inside of the screw device when circulating rolling elements.

Abstract: According to the invention, an endoscope system as a surgery assisting apparatus includes a surgery apparatus for performing treatment by abdominal operation procedure on a region to be treated in a body of a patient, and a luminal organ shape detecting apparatus used for assisting (supporting) the abdominal operation procedure. The luminal organ shape detecting apparatus is used as blood vessel position notifying means when procedure is performed by inserting a probe as a luminal organ insertion probe into a blood vessel, for example. This allows the luminal organ irrespective of the treatment to be easily and surely detected and enables a smooth procedure to be performed.

Abstract: A motion guide device is provided which is able to damp the moving block from vibrating in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the raceway rail. A damping plate (8) with a surface facing a surface of a raceway (1) is provided at a moving block body (4). The surface of the damping plate (8) is set to be in contact with the raceway rail (1) or is set such that a gap between its surface of the raceway rail (1) is as close to zero as possible. When vibration occurs from the raceway rail or the moving block, the surface of the raceway rail (1) and the surface of the damping plate (8) come into contact with each other. This brings about change in a spring constant of the motion guide device in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the raceway, thereby improving damping performance for the vibration in the perpendicular-to-axis direction.

Abstract: A plating method includes providing an article in a plating bath, covering a surface of the article with an insulating member in the plating bath, and electrolytically plating the article while moving one of the insulating member and the article relative to each other.

Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board has an insulation layer, a first conductor layer provided over a first side of the insulation layer, a second conductor layer provided over a second side of the insulation layer opposite to the first side, and multiple filled vias electrically connecting the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The filled vias have upper surfaces, respectively, and each of the upper surfaces is made such that a difference between a lowest point and a highest point of each of the upper surfaces is less than or equal to about 7 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a screw device capable of preventing occurrence of any elevation change at a joint between a ball return path of a circulation member and a loaded ball rolling groove of a nut. The circulation member 12 has end parts 14 and 15 each of which the periphery includes a rolling groove connecting part 22 positioned to the side of a loaded ball rolling groove 11a of a nut 11 and connected to the loaded ball rolling groove 11a of the nut 11 and a scooping part 23 positioned to the side of a ball rolling groove of a screw shaft 1 and scoops up balls 3 from a loaded ball rolling path. The rolling groove connecting part 22 of each of the end parts 14 and 15 is made of resin and formed integral with the nut 11.

Abstract: A fluid dynamic bearing device which can exhibit high bearing performance is provided at low costs by forming a highly accurate bearing gap. At least a region in the outer circumferential surface of a shaft 2 which faces the radial bearing gap is constituted of an electroformed part 11, and the region of the shaft 2 excluding the electroformed part 11 is constituted of a resin portion 12.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having an injection hole post structures compatible with liquid crystal are formed in an area near an injection hole to prevent pollutants seeped from an end-sealing material from penetrating into a display area, thereby suppressing the occurrence of picture quality trouble which easily occurs in the display area. The liquid crystal display includes a first substrate 11 and a second substrate 12 which are disposed with a predetermined gap therebetween, in which liquid crystal is sealed in the gap.

Abstract: A detecting apparatus includes: a change-over switch for switching on/off display of a scope model on a liquid crystal monitor; a position calculating portion for calculating respective positions of source coils; a scope model generating portion for generating a scope model of an electronic endoscope based on the respective positions of the source coils calculated by the position calculating portion; and a selector for selectively outputting to the liquid crystal monitor a display-pause-time image stored in a display-pause-time image storing portion and a scope model image from the scope model generating portion; and a control portion for controlling each of these portions. The detecting apparatus thus displays an insertion shape of the endoscope at a timing as needed.

Abstract: A plating apparatus includes a plating bath, a member provided in the plating bath and a moving device. The member is configured to cover a surface to be plated. A moving device is configured to relatively move the member or the surface to change an area of the surface covered by the member.

Abstract: A roller screw is provided having a structure suitable for circulating rollers. The roller screw has a screw shaft 5 with a spiral roller rolling groove 5a formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof; a nut 6 with a spiral roller rolling groove 6a opposed to the roller rolling groove of the screw shaft and formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof; and a plurality of rollers 7 arranged in a load roller rolling path 9 between the roller rolling groove 5a of the screw shaft 5 and the roller rolling groove 6a of the nut 6. Inside the nut 6 is provided a roller return path 11 extending linearly in parallel with an axis line of the nut 6. To opposite end faces in an axis line direction of the nut 6 are attached direction change path forming members 13 in which direction change paths 10 to connect the load roller rolling path 9 and the roller return path 11 are formed. The roller return path 11 is twisted to rotate an attitude of each of the rollers 7 while the rollers 7 move in the roller return path 11.

Abstract: In a case where a balloon is broken and a body fluid reversely flows into a feed/discharge tube during a suction operation of a balloon control apparatus, a pump is stopped by operation-canceling section after passing of a preset predetermined time, and the suction operation of sucking the fluid into a bottle is canceled. Thereby, the amount of recovered liquid in the bottle is limited within a predetermined capacity. Thus, even in the case where the body fluid reversely flows into the feed/discharge tube, the body fluid does not overflow from the bottle, and the body liquid can properly recovered in the bottle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ball screw device in which a screw shaft and a nut member are threadedly engaged with each other through a number of balls. In such a ball screw device, an inner surface of a cover plate contacting an end surface of a nut main body is provided with a projecting return piece adapted to be fit-engaged with a recess cut in an inner peripheral surface of the nut main body, the return piece being provided with a scoop portion for dislodging the balls from the ball rolling groove of the screw shaft and a direction switching passage for guiding the dislodged balls to the entrance of a ball return hole. The projecting return piece is divided into a first piece formed integral with the cover plate and a second piece fixed to the first piece by a curved plane including the center line of the direction switching passage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ball screw device in which a screw shaft and a nut member are threadedly engaged with each other through a number of balls. In such a ball screw device, an inner surface of a cover plate contacting an end surface of a nut main body is provided with a projecting return piece adapted to be fit-engaged with a recess cut in an inner peripheral surface of the nut main body, the return piece being provided with a scoop portion for dislodging the balls from the ball rolling groove of the screw shaft and a direction switching passage for guiding the dislodged balls to the entrance of a ball return hole. The projecting return piece is divided into a first piece formed integral with the cover plate and a second piece fixed to the first piece by a curved plane including the center line of the direction switching passage.

Abstract: In an adaptor for endoscope forceps opening: an adaptor connecting member includes an opening groove which is formed in its axial direction and from/to which the treatment tool is detached/attached, and an engaging groove integrally-formed to the opening groove; a treatment tool integrating member includes a flexible long member connected to the adaptor connecting member and an engaging projection which is fit into the engaging groove and fixes the treatment tool in close contact thereat; and a treatment tool position changing member is rotatably connected to the adaptor connecting member and includes a through-groove from which the treatment tool is detached and an opening notch portion communicated with the through-groove, wherein the opening groove, engaging groove, through-groove, and opening notch portion are arranged on the straight line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition conforming to vibration, including a lubricant base oil of a mineral oil base and/or a synthetic oil base, a thickener, and an additive for improving grease performance, in which the additive includes an organomolybdenum, a metal sulfonate, and a metal phenate. The grease composition conforming to vibration exerts excellent abrasion resistance even when it is used in a guide device driven under conditions where vibration is generated. Also provided is a guide device exerting excellent abrasion resistance, including the grease composition conforming to vibration enclosed therein.

Abstract: A driving signal is supplied from a transmission block to a magnetic-field generating element arranged on either one of an inside of an endoscope insertion portion and an outside of an endoscope. A magnetic field generated by the magnetic-field generating element is detected by a magnetic-field detecting element arranged on the other and the signal is received by a receiving block. For the signal from the receiving block, control processing including processing for calculating the shape of the endoscope insertion portion is carried out from position information of the magnetic-field generating element or the magnetic-field detecting element arranged inside the endoscope insertion portion. The receiving block provided with an amplification circuit for at least amplifying the signal detected by the magnetic-field detecting element is formed separately from the transmission block and the control block.

Abstract: An endoscope inserted-shape detecting apparatus 8 includes a sense coil unit 23 in which multiple sense coil groups of sense coil groups 23A to 23I for detecting magnetic fields generated by multiple source coils 21 in an inserted-shape detecting probe 6 are placed as a part of the endoscope inserted-shape detecting apparatus 8, a signal detecting section 33, a source coil position analyzing section 35 and a signal control section 37 that selects a magnetic-field detecting element to be used for detection of a magnetic field signal based on the magnetic field generated by each of the source coils 21 from the sense coil groups 23A to 231I in a control section based on positional information signals outputted from the source coil position analyzing section 35.

Abstract: A source coil drive circuit section of an endoscope shape detection device includes, an oscillator that generates a sine wave and an amplifier that amplifies the sine wave and generates (drives) an alternating magnetic field to source coils through a switch section. The switch section is configured to switch a direct current to an output of the amplifier and supply to the source coils. In the source coil drive circuit section, a direct current resistance value detection section for measuring a direct current resistance value of the source coils by voltage drop when the switch section is supplying the direct current to the source coils is provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having an injection hole post structures compatible with liquid crystal are formed in an area near an injection hole to prevent pollutants seeped from an end-sealing material from penetrating into a display area, thereby suppressing the occurrence of picture quality trouble which easily occurs in the display area. The liquid crystal display includes a first substrate 11 and a second substrate 12 which are disposed with a predetermined gap therebetween, in which liquid crystal is sealed in the gap.