Abstract: A novel crystal of (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or a salt thereof of the present invention is useful for an excellent antiulcer agent.

Abstract: A medical system includes: a medical device to be inserted into the body cavity; a rotating device for the medical device for rotating the medical device around the insertion axis; an image pickup device provided to the medical device; and an image capturing timing detection device for detecting a signal regarding image capturing timing performed by the image pickup device. Furthermore, the medical system includes: a rotating angle acquisition device for acquiring the rotating angle of the rotating device for the medical device regarding the image capturing timing in response to the output of the image capturing timing detection device; and an image acquisition device for performing rotation processing for the image captured by the image pickup device based upon the information regarding the rotating angle acquired by the rotating angle acquisition device, thereby acquiring the image subjected to a rotation processing.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to actively control at least one of the position and direction of the imaging field in a subject and to observe a desired observed region in the subject certainly in a short period of time. A body-insertable device system according to the present invention includes a capsule endoscope 1 introduced into a subject and a permanent magnet 3. An imaging unit of the capsule endoscope 1 for taking an image inside the subject is fixed in a casing. The capsule endoscope 1 includes a drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a which is also introduced in the subject 100. The permanent magnet 3 controls the operation of the drive unit for changing at least one of the position and posture of the casing in the liquid 2a.

Abstract: A thermal spray powder of the present invention includes particles composed of molybdenum disulfide, and a coating layer provided on the surface of each of the particles. The coating layer is composed of a metal that is softened or melted at a temperature lower than the heat decomposition temperature of the molybdenum disulfide. The coating layer is preferably composed of copper. The thermal spray powder suppresses heat decomposition of the molybdenum disulfide contained in the thermal spray powder during thermal spraying.

Abstract: Crystals of (S)-2[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or salts thereof, useful as excellent antiulcer drugs.

Abstract: A thermal spray powder contains granulated and sintered particles which contain yttria and an yttrium-aluminum double oxide. The aluminum content in the granulated and sintered particles is 50 to 10,000 ppm by mass on an alumina basis. It is preferred that the thermal spray powder be used in applications for forming a thermal spray coating by plasma thermal spraying at atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A thermal spray coating includes yttrium oxide at least as a main component. When the thermal spray coating is exposed to CF4 plasma and the plasma power of the CF4 plasma per unit area applied onto the thermal spray coating is 0.8 W/cm2 or greater, an etching rate by the CF4 plasma of the thermal spray coating satisfies the equation Re?7.7×Pp2.2. Alternatively, when the plasma power of the CF4 plasma per unit area applied onto the thermal spray coating is less than 0.8 W/cm2, an etching rate by the CF4 plasma of the thermal spray coating satisfies the equation Re?8.0×Pp2.2. In the equations, “Re”, represents the etching rate (nm/minute) by the CF4 plasma of the thermal spray coating, and “Pp” represents the plasma power per unit area (W/cm2) applied onto the thermal spray coating.

Abstract: Crystals of (S)-2[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or salts thereof, useful as excellent antiulcer drugs.

Abstract: The present invention provides thienopyridine derivatives, which are useful as anti-inflammatory drugs, particularly as remedies for arthritis; processes for producing them, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The thienopyridine derivatives are represented by the formula (I): wherein G is a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted amino group, etc.; alk is an optionally substituted lower alkylene group; X is O, S, —(CH2)q—, etc.; R is an optionally substituted amino group, etc.; ring B is an optionally substituted Y-containing 5- to 8-membered ring whose ring constituent atoms contain no nitrogen atom; Y is O, S, a group of (wherein Ra, Rb and Rc are the same or different and, each is H, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, etc.), etc.; and ring A may be substituted.

Abstract: A thermal spraying powder contains a fused and crushed powder of alumina, and the number of colored particles included per 1 g of the thermal spraying powder is 4 or less. The thermal spraying powder is manufactured through a step for removing impurity particles from the fused and crushed powder. The step for removing impurity particles from the fused and crushed powder includes at least one of acid cleaning of the fused and crushed powder to remove metallic impurity particles from the fused and crushed powder, magnetic separation of the fused and crushed powder to remove magnetic impurity particles from the fused and crushed powder, and calcining of the fused and crushed powder to remove carbon based impurity particles from the fused and crushed powder.

Abstract: An endoscope insertion aiding device has a flexible tube, and has a distal-end member with the outer diameter equal to or more than the outer diameter of the tube at the distal end of the tube. The tube has a spiral structure on the outer circumferential surface thereof.

Abstract: A novel crystal of (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or a salt thereof of the present invention is useful for an excellent antiulcer agent.

Abstract: A detecting system of the position and the posture of a capsule medical device includes a main body of the capsule medical device that is inserted in a living body, a coil in a capsule that is arranged to the main body of the capsule medical device and forms a resonant circuit, a magnetic field generating device that is arranged around the living body and generates the Alternating magnetic field for generating an induced magnetic field in the coil in the capsule, and a plurality of magnetic field detecting devices that detect the strength of the induced magnetic field generated by the coil in the capsule by the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating device.

Abstract: A novel crystal of (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or a salt thereof of the present invention is useful for an excellent antiulcer agent.

Abstract: A process for preparing optically active 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran compounds which comprises subjecting a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran compound represented by the general formula or a salt thereof to optical resolution with an optically active acid compound: [wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R3 is an optionally substituted aromatic group; and C is a benzene ring which may further have a substituent in addition to the amino group]. The process enables industrially advantageous production of intermediates for the synthesis of optically active 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran compounds useful as preventive and/or therapeutic drugs for neurodegenerative diseases and so on.

Abstract: Crystals of (S)-2[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or salts thereof, useful as excellent antiulcer drugs.

Abstract: A stand for installing a plurality of box bodies is capable of reducing a space needed for installing the plurality of box bodies in parallel and preventing interference with heat radiation of each box body. A stand 5 for installing a plurality of each box bodies 81 in parallel includes a pair of outer stands 51, 51 holding the box bodies 81 disposed on the outer sides from the sides of outer surfaces of the box bodies 81, a middle stand 52 disposed between these outer stands 51, 51 and holding both of the box bodies 81, 81 adjacent to each other from the face-to-face sides thereof, and a connection mechanism detachably connecting the stands 51 52.

Abstract: Crystals of (S)-2[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or salts thereof, useful as excellent antiulcer drugs.

Abstract: A process for preparing optically active 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran compounds which comprises subjecting a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran compound represented by the general formula or a salt thereof to optical resolution with an optically active acid compound: [wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R3 is an optionally substituted aromatic group; and C is a benzene ring which may further have a substituent in addition to the amino group]. The process enables industrially advantageous production of intermediates for the synthesis of optically active 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran compounds useful as preventive and/or therapeutic drugs for neurodegenerative diseases and so on.

Abstract: A thermal spray powder of the present invention includes particles composed of molybdenum disulfide, and a coating layer provided on the surface of each of the particles. The coating layer is composed of a metal that is softened or melted at a temperature lower than the heat decomposition temperature of the molybdenum disulfide. The coating layer is preferably composed of copper. The thermal spray powder suppresses heat decomposition of the molybdenum disulfide contained in the thermal spray powder during thermal spraying.