Abstract: Provided are a water treatment system and a water treatment method capable of downsizing a facility and inexpensively producing freshwater. A water treatment system includes: a first reverse osmosis treatment device for separating wastewater into desalinated permeate water and concentrated wastewater; a mixing unit for mixing the separated concentrated wastewater and intake seawater; a second reverse osmosis treatment device for separating mixed water obtained by mixing the concentrated wastewater and the seawater into desalinated permeate water and concentrated mixed water; and a return pipe for returning a portion of the separated concentrated mixed water to the mixing unit.

Abstract: A medical device and a treatment method capable of effectively suppressing an inflow of a contrast agent injected into blood vessels into kidney are provided. The medical device for suppressing an inflow of a contrast agent into kidney can include: an elongated inner tube, and a discharging portion configured to be capable of discharging a fluid in a proximal direction from both sides of a distal portion of the inner tube with an axial center being interposed therebetween, wherein the discharging portion includes a plurality of discharging holes arranged in one direction.

Abstract: A contrast agent removing device configured to remove a contrast agent from blood vessels includes: an elongated outer tube 40; an inner tube 20 arranged in an interior of the outer tube 40; an expandable portion 30 interlocked with a distal portion of the inner tube 20 and configured to be capable of being stored within the outer tube 40 and to expand radially outward in a funnel shape opening in a distal direction by projecting from the outer tube in the distal direction; and a fixing portion 80 provided at the rim of the expandable portion 30 and configured to be capable of being fixed to a contact object.

Abstract: A vehicle status is judged with respect to whether the following conditions are met: the shift position of a shift lever 4 is F or R (condition 1); the brakes are inactive (condition 2); the vehicle stands still (condition 3); the accelerator pedal is depressed equal to or less than ? (condition 4); and the rotational speed of the engine is equal to or less than a medium rotational speed (condition 5). The engine is controlled such that the rotational speed is set to a minimum if conditions 1, 2, and 4 are met and condition 3 is not met or if condition 1 is met and condition 2 is not met; and the rotational speed is set to the medium rotational speed if conditions 1, 2, 3, and 5 are met or if conditions 1, 2, and 5 are met and conditions 3 and 4 are not met.

Abstract: An input apparatus includes: a touch sensor 11; a piezoelectric element 13; a piezoelectric element drive unit 15; a control unit 17 configured to detect a pressure load on the touch sensor 11 based on an output signal of the piezoelectric element 13 and, when the pressure load satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, to control the piezoelectric element drive unit 15 to drive the piezoelectric element 13 such that the tactile sensation is provided to a pressing object; a connection switchover unit 14 configured to selectively connect the piezoelectric element 13 to the control unit 17 or the piezoelectric element drive unit 15; and a discharge circuit 16 configured to discharge electric charge in the piezoelectric element 13.

Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a piezoelectric element 1, a detection unit 7 for detecting each pressing and releasing based on an output voltage of the piezoelectric element 1, a drive unit 4 for driving the piezoelectric element 1 synchronously with the detection of each pressing and releasing by the detection unit 7 and thereby providing a tactile sensation, a discharge unit 5 for discharging the piezoelectric element 1 after the driving of the piezoelectric element 1 before start of detection of next releasing or pressing, and a voltage fixing unit 11 for fixing, after the detection of the pressing or releasing by the detection unit 7 before the start of the detection of the next pressing or releasing, an input voltage of the detection unit 7 at a predetermined voltage.

Abstract: A vehicle status is judged with respect to whether the following conditions are met: the shift position of a shift lever 4 is F or R (condition 1); the brakes are inactive (condition 2); the vehicle stands still (condition 3); the accelerator pedal is depressed equal to or less than ? (condition 4); and the rotational speed of the engine is equal to or less than a medium rotational speed (condition 5). The engine is controlled such that the rotational speed is set to a minimum if conditions 1, 2, and 4 are met and condition 3 is not met or if condition 1 is met and condition 2 is not met; and the rotational speed is set to the medium rotational speed if conditions 1, 2, 3, and 5 are met or if conditions 1, 2, and 5 are met and conditions 3 and 4 are not met.

Abstract: There is provided an irradiation device which irradiates light on an inner side face of a biological lumen. The irradiation device includes an optical fiber through which light passes, and a plurality of optical members each having a spherical shape. The plurality of optical members are arrayed in a line along a direction in which light emitted from a distal end of the optical fiber is radiated so that the light is radiated toward the inner surface of the biological lumen.

Abstract: A laser light irradiation device is disclosed, which can include an optical guide having a columnar portion and transmitting laser light through the columnar portion; a reflecting portion having a reflecting surface that reflects the laser light transmitted through the optical guide; and a transmitting portion having a window part and disposed between the columnar portion of the optical guide and the reflecting portion in such a manner that one end of the transmitting portion is in contact with the columnar portion, the transmitting portion transmitting the laser light emitted from the columnar portion to the reflecting portion and transmitting the laser light reflected by the reflecting surface to cause the laser light to be radiated to an external through the window part. A diameter of the reflecting surface gradually becomes smaller as distance from a boundary between the transmitting portion and the reflecting portion increases.

Abstract: An electronic device can effectively transmit sound even if a force is applied to a panel by an ear. The electronic device includes a panel (10) and a vibration unit (30) that vibrates the panel (10) to generate air-conducted sound and vibration sound that is transmitted through a portion of a human body. The intensity of vibration of the vibration unit (30) changes in accordance with the force applied to the panel (10).

Abstract: There are disclosed a pair of solar battery-sealing sheets composed of a light-receiving side-sealing sheet and a backside-sealing sheet for solar electricity generating elements of a solar battery module and reducing the coming-around of the backside-sealing sheet, wherein the melt peak temperature based on a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of the backside-sealing sheet is higher than the melt peak temperature based on the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of the light-receiving side-sealing sheet; and a solar battery module using the light-receiving side-sealing sheet and the backside-sealing sheet of the solar battery-sealing sheet, and a method for manufacturing the solar battery module.

Abstract: A medical instrument is disclosed for crushing a thrombus present in a pulmonary artery of a living body by an ultrasonic vibration. The medical instrument includes an elongated main body section capable of being inserted into an airway of the living body, and an ultrasonic oscillation section which can be inserted into the living body by the main body section and which oscillates the ultrasonic vibration inside the living body. By the medical instrument, a thrombus present in a pulmonary artery can be rapidly crushed, whereby a therapeutic effect on pulmonary embolism can be obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed is a treatment device for occluding a body lumen, including: an elongated body which can be inserted into the body lumen; a flat portion forming section which is supported by the elongated body, is expandable widthwise on a more distal side than the elongated body, and deforms the body lumen into a form having a flat portion at a distal portion of the flat portion forming section upon the expansion of the flat portion forming section within the body lumen; and an administering section which administers, toward the flat portion formed by the flat portion forming section, a treatment which acts to occlude the flat portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a treatment device for occluding a body lumen, including: a hollow shaft which can be inserted into the body lumen; a flat portion forming section which has a pair of arms inserted in the shaft, the arms capable of being protruded from and retracted into a distal end opening of the shaft and expandable widthwise, and which deforms the body lumen into a form having a flat portion as the pair of arms is expanded within the body lumen; and a heating section which is extendable and contractible in a width direction of the flat portion forming section, is extended as the pair of arms is expanded within the body lumen, and heats the flat portion.

Abstract: There are provided an insulation panel and a process for performing thermal insulation by means of the insulation panel, which are capable of obtaining an excellent thermal insulating property, even in, e.g. a case where a space for filling an insulation panel is limited. A insulation panel including a rigid polyurethane foam and a vacuum insulation panel embedded in the rigid polyurethane foam; the vacuum insulation panel including an outer sheath having an airtight property, and a molded product having a core material; the core material containing fumed silica and fumed silica with a binder, which has a binder applied to the surface of the fumed silica; the molded product being decompressed and encapsulated in the outer sheath; and the rigid polyurethane foam having open cells formed therein. A process for mounting the insulation panel to a mounting surface.

Abstract: A method of treating a varicose vein involves inserting an assembly into the vein, the assembly being comprised of an elongated body possessing a distal end at which is located an energy emitting member having a shape; contacting the inner wall of the vein with the distal end of the energy emitting member having the shape such that the distal end of the energy emitting member contacts the inner wall along a line; rotating the energy emitting member while the energy emitting member contacts the inner wall along the line; and occluding the vein by applying energy from the energy emitting member to the inner wall of the vein

Abstract: A method of treating varicose veins includes inserting an assembly into a vein, wherein the assembly includes an outer sheath, a self-expanding member inside the outer sheath, and a cutting member mounted on the self-expanding member. The method involves relatively moving the outer sheath and the self-expanding member while the assembly is in the vein to expose the distal end of the self-expanding member distally beyond the distal end of the outer sheath so that the self-expanding member outwardly toward the inner wall of the vein, with the cutting member being moved into direct contact with the inner wall of the vein. The method further includes rotating the self-expanding member together with the cutting member while the cutting member is in direct contact with the inner wall of the vein so that the cutting member damages the inner wall of the vein and forms blood clots.

Abstract: A method of treating a varicose vein involves contacting the inner wall of the vein with a contact member, withdrawing an outer sheath relative to a self-expanding member positioned inside the outer sheath while the contact member remains in contact with the inner wall of the vein to cause a first spasm in the vein that decreases the vein inner diameter, relatively moving the outer sheath and the self-expanding member so that the self-expanding member is located distally beyond the distal end of the outer sheath so that the self-expanding member self-expands outwardly into contact with the inner wall of the vein, and moving the catheter and the self-expanding member relative to the vein while the self-expanding member is in contact with the inner wall of the vein to cause a second spasm in the vein, and applying energy to the inner wall of the collapsed vein.

Abstract: A method of treating a varicose vein includes positioning an assembly at a treatment site in the vein, wherein the assembly includes an outer sheath, a self-expanding member inside the outer sheath, and an energy emitting member.

Abstract: A sinusitis treatment device includes: a flexible first elongated body to be guided into an accessory; an imaging unit which is provided on the first elongated long body, for obtaining an image on the front side of a distal end of the first elongated body; a flexible second elongated body having a lumen in which the first elongated body is inserted; an expansive body which is provided on the second elongated body and which has an effective expansive section capable of radial expansive deformation within a natural ostium located between a nasal cavity and an accessory nasal cavity to push open a stenosed part of the natural ostium; and a positioning unit which is provided on the second elongated body, for positioning the effective expansive section of the second elongated long body moved along the first elongated body relative to the first elongated body.