Abstract: A lubrication device for a helicopter including: an oil sump in which oil for lubrication is retained; a lubrication pump configured to suck the oil from the oil sump to discharge the oil; and a lubrication passage extending from the lubrication pump to a first lubrication target. The lubrication passage includes: a first supply port that supplies the oil to the first lubrication target; an oil reservoir provided upstream of the first supply port; and an opening provided upstream of the oil reservoir and above the oil reservoir. The first supply port is formed right above the first lubrication target.

Abstract: Provided are a program and personal information protection method which are executed by a system which is operated by a medical practitioner, said program and method comprising: a display process of causing a monitor part 2 to display an examination result screen 3 including personal information which identifies a subject; an identification process of identifying the personal information in the examination result screen 3 which is displayed in the display process; and an invalidation process of invalidating the personal information identified in the identification process in a captured image which includes the examination result screen 3. Instances of personal information being displayed in error to outside users are thus reduced in comparison to the prior art, and sharing of examination result information is implemented smoothly.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a test method capable of efficiently performing a step of evaluating a surface state of a dispensing probe provided in a dispensing apparatus. In the test method according to the present invention, a first solution in which a coloring matter is dissolved is dispensed to a first container in advance by a first dispensing probe, a second solution in which a coloring matter is not dissolved is dispensed to a second container in advance by the first dispensing probe and then the first solution and the second solution are respectively sucked and discharged by a second dispensing probe. After that, a surface state of the second dispensing probe is evaluated by acquiring an amount of the coloring matter collected by the second solution (see FIG. 2).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a composition containing docosahexaenoic acid as a constituent fatty acid of glycerides. The method includes hydrolyzing a feedstock oil containing glycerides, the glycerides including docosahexaenoic acid as a constituent fatty acid, by action of a first lipase and a second lipase, to increase the proportion of docosahexaenoic acid in glyceride fractions. The first lipase is at least one lipase selected from the group consisting of a lipase obtained from a microorganism of the genus Thermomyces, a lipase obtained from a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas, a lipase obtained from a microorganism of the genus Burkholderia, and a lipase obtained from a microorganism of the genus Alcaligenes. The second lipase is a partial glyceride lipase.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technology in which an amount of pigment carried from a pigment solution can be accurately measured at the time of testing a surface state of a dispensing probe on the basis of the amount of carried pigment. In a test method according to the present invention, a surface state of a dispensing probe is evaluated on the basis of an amount of pigment carried from an acidic pigment solution into a solution including no pigment.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to avoid a decrease in dispensing accuracy of a sample, a reagent, or the like as a temperature changes. In an automatic analyzer, a dispensing nozzle sucks the sample from a sample container holding the sample and discharges the sample to a reaction container. A syringe pump controls an amount of change in a volume of water. A first pipe connects the dispensing nozzle and the syringe pump. An electromagnetic valve flows or stops the water. A second pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the syringe pump. A branch pipe branches the water. A third pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the branch pipe. A case accommodates at least the syringe pump, the first pipe, the electromagnetic valve, the second pipe, the branch pipe, and the third pipe. Further, the third pipe includes a heat exchange unit that performs heat exchange of the water.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to avoid a decrease in dispensing accuracy of a sample, a reagent, or the like as a temperature changes. In an automatic analyzer, a dispensing nozzle sucks the sample from a sample container holding the sample and discharges the sample to a reaction container. A syringe pump controls an amount of change in a volume of water. A first pipe connects the dispensing nozzle and the syringe pump. An electromagnetic valve flows or stops the water. A second pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the syringe pump. A branch pipe branches the water. A third pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the branch pipe. A case accommodates at least the syringe pump, the first pipe, the electromagnetic valve, the second pipe, the branch pipe, and the third pipe. Further, the third pipe includes a heat exchange unit that performs heat exchange of the water.

Abstract: An automatic analysis apparatus comprises: a light source generating light having a center wavelength equal to or shorter than 340 nm; a fluorescent substance excited by the light source light, and generates light together with transmitted light from the light source, having a wavelength of 340 nm to 800 nm; a condenser lens; at least one slit; a reaction cell holding a reaction solution where a specimen and reagent are mixed, and that the light source light and the light from the fluorescent substance enter; and a detector that detects light transmitted through the reaction cell. The light source, fluorescent substance, condenser lens, and slit are provided along a straight light corresponding to the optical axis. The width of the slit's opening is equal to or narrower than the width of a ray forming an image of the light source at the position of the slit.

Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaner according to the present invention includes a vibrating part 222 for enlarging ultrasonic vibration of a bolt-clamped Langevin type transducer (BLT) 100 on a side surface side in a cleaning tank 211, generates cavitation by the ultrasonic vibration with respect to cleaning liquid supplied into the cleaning tank 211 by driving the BLT 100 on the periphery of a nozzle without unevenness, and is capable of performing effective nozzle cleaning.

Abstract: Since a detergent is a consumption article, it is desirable that a use amount of the detergent be as small as possible in a limit that the washing effect is not substantially reduced. Provided is an automatic analyzer which includes a syringe pump which is connected to a probe and performs the body aspiration and discharge, a feed pump which feeds washing water for washing the inside of the probe to the probe via the syringe pump and a controller which controls the dispensing mechanism and the syringe pump, in which the controller, in a case of washing the probe by sucking a detergent in the probe a plurality of times, controls the syringe pump so as to discharge the detergent after sucking the detergent and to suck the next detergent without feeding the washing water to the probe by the feed pump.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic analysis device capable of determining, through a simple processing, whether or not idle aspirate has occurred. The automatic analysis device according to the present invention determines whether or not idle aspirate has occurred, by calculating a parameter which specifies whether or not the length of a portion of a path through which the sample passes inside a dispensing probe is shorter than that during normal aspirate, the portion being actually filled with a sample (see FIG. 4).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a composition containing docosahexaenoic acid as a constituent fatty acid of glycerides, comprising hydrolyzing a feedstock oil containing glycerides comprising docosahexaenoic acid as a constituent fatty acid by action of a first lipase and a second lipase, thereby increasing the proportion of docosahexaenoic acid in glyceride fractions, wherein the first lipase is at least one lipase selected from the group consisting of a lipase derived from a microorganism of the genus Thermomyces, a lipase derived from a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas, a lipase derived from a microorganism of the genus Burkholderia, and a lipase derived from a microorganism of the genus Alcaligenes, and wherein the second lipase is a partial glyceride lipase.

Abstract: An automatic analyzer is equipped with a sterilization mechanism removably attached to an opening of a container that holds a reagent and having an ultraviolet light generation section that radiates ultraviolet light; a suction nozzle removably attached, together with the sterilization mechanism, to the opening of the container; an analysis section adding the reagent drawn in by suction from the container via the suction nozzle to the reagent, and executing an analysis operation; and a control section exercising variable control over an irradiation light intensity of the ultraviolet light generated by the ultraviolet light generation section.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to avoid a decrease in dispensing accuracy of a sample, a reagent, or the like as a temperature changes. In an automatic analyzer, a dispensing nozzle sucks the sample from a sample container holding the sample and discharges the sample to a reaction container. A syringe pump controls an amount of change in a volume of water. A first pipe connects the dispensing nozzle and the syringe pump. An electromagnetic valve flows or stops the water. A second pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the syringe pump. A branch pipe branches the water. A third pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the branch pipe. A case accommodates at least the syringe pump, the first pipe, the electromagnetic valve, the second pipe, the branch pipe, and the third pipe. Further, the third pipe includes a heat exchange unit that performs heat exchange of the water.

Abstract: An automatic analyzer which is capable of detecting a dispensing abnormality with a high degree of accuracy without causing the decrease in the determination performance or the increase in the calculation amount caused by the configuration balance of the reference database is implemented. A dispensing nozzle of a sample dispensing mechanism 50 is immersed in a dispensing target contained in a specimen container 11 and sucks the dispensing target, and internal pressure of the dispensing nozzle of the sample dispensing mechanism 50 of ejecting the sucked dispensing target to a reaction container 41 is detected through a pressure sensor 54. A plurality of feature quantities are extracted from a waveform of the detected pressure, and a determination result is output through a linear combination formula using an optimal coefficient for a determination function that receives a plurality of feature quantities and outputs one value.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to avoid a decrease in dispensing accuracy of a sample, a reagent, or the like as a temperature changes. In an automatic analyzer, a dispensing nozzle sucks the sample from a sample container holding the sample and discharges the sample to a reaction container. A syringe pump controls an amount of change in a volume of water. A first pipe connects the dispensing nozzle and the syringe pump. An electromagnetic valve flows or stops the water. A second pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the syringe pump. A branch pipe branches the water. A third pipe connects the electromagnetic valve and the branch pipe. A case accommodates at least the syringe pump, the first pipe, the electromagnetic valve, the second pipe, the branch pipe, and the third pipe. Further, the third pipe includes a heat exchange unit that performs heat exchange of the water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a composition containing docosahexaenoic acid as a constituent fatty acid of glycerides, comprising hydrolyzing a feedstock oil containing glycerides comprising docosahexaenoic acid as a constituent fatty acid by action of a Candida cylindracea derived lipase and a partial glyceride lipase, thereby increasing the proportion of docosahexaenoic acid in glyceride fractions, wherein the lipase hydrolysis reaction is performed at a temperature no higher than 30° C. for a period no longer than 15 hours.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a test method capable of efficiently performing a step of evaluating a surface state of a dispensing probe provided in a dispensing apparatus. In the test method according to the present invention, a first solution in which a coloring matter is dissolved is dispensed to a first container in advance by a first dispensing probe, a second solution in which a coloring matter is not dissolved is dispensed to a second container in advance by the first dispensing probe and then the first solution and the second solution are respectively sucked and discharged by a second dispensing probe. After that, a surface state of the second dispensing probe is evaluated by acquiring an amount of the coloring matter collected by the second solution (see FIG. 2).

Abstract: An automatic analyzer (100) includes: a storage unit (21b) that stores various parameters of the automatic analyzer (100) in association with each of elevations used in the automatic analyzers (100), the parameters being optimized for each of the elevations; an input unit (21d) that acquires information of an elevation at which the automatic analyzer (100) is provided; and a controller (21a) that reads the parameters stored in the storage unit (21b) and sets the read parameters to the automatic analyzer (100) based on the elevation acquired by the input unit (21d). As a result, various parameters can be easily adjusted according to a usage environment of the device.

Abstract: Provided are a program and personal information protection method which are executed by a system which is operated by a medical practitioner, said program and method comprising: a display process of causing a monitor part 2 to display an examination result screen 3 including personal information which identifies a subject; an identification process of identifying the personal information in the examination result screen 3 which is displayed in the display process; and an invalidation process of invalidating the personal information identified in the identification process in a captured image which includes the examination result screen 3. Instances of personal information being displayed in error to outside users are thus reduced in comparison to the prior art, and sharing of examination result information is implemented smoothly.