Abstract: A living body determination device includes: a light irradiation device that irradiates a measuring object with a first light including a plurality of spectrums; a spectroscopic device that disperses a light at intensity depending on a wavelength and outputs the light; an image acquisition device that receives the light output by the spectroscopic device and outputs image information representing brightness depending on the intensity of the light; and a control unit. The control unit, for each spectrum of the first light, acquires image information with respect to the measuring object from the image acquisition device, based on the image information, selects one or more areas, for each of the areas, acquires spectroscopic information, and based on whether the spectroscopic information satisfies a predetermined condition, determines whether the measuring object is a living body.

Abstract: A living body is accurately determined while minimizing increases in the size of a device and increases in the number of components.

Abstract: A silicone rubber-fluororesin laminate comprising a substrate, and a vulcanized silicone rubber layer and a fluororesin layer that are sequentially formed on the substrate; wherein the fluororesin layer is formed after an epoxy resin-containing silane based primer layer and a fluororesin based primer layer are sequentially formed on the vulcanized silicone rubber layer, and the epoxy resin-containing silane based primer layer contains 30 to 80 wt % of an epoxy resin and 70 to 20 wt % of a silane coupling agent. The silicone rubber-fluororesin laminate does not cause a reduction not only in the initial adhesion, but also in the adhesion between the vulcanized silicone rubber and the fluororesin even in a heated environment, such as a hot state or long-term heating.

Abstract: A surface-treating agent for vulcanized rubber, comprising 10 to 160 parts by weight of a wax having a softening point of 40 to 160° C. and 10 to 160 parts by weight of fluororesin particles based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene and an OH group-containing fluororesin composition that has the following formulation: a copolymer [I] of (A) a perfluoroalkylalkyl (meth)acrylate and (B) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, a polymer [II] of an acrylic acid alkyl ester, a polymer [III] of a fluorinated olefin, and a curing agent [IV]; wherein the weight ratio of the isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene and the OH group-containing fluororesin composition is 50:50 to 95:5.

Abstract: A cleaning blade has an elastic body formed of a urethane elastomer, and a treated surface layer formed at least at a portion which comes into contact with a contact target of the elastic body. The treated surface layer is formed through impregnating a surface portion of the elastic body with a surface treatment liquid containing a bifunctional isocyanate compound, at least one polyol, and an organic solvent; or a surface treatment liquid containing an isocyanate group-containing compound having an isocyanate group at an end thereof, which compound is a reaction product of the bifunctional isocyanate compound with the at least one polyol, and an organic solvent, and curing the surface treatment liquid. The difference between the nitrogen concentration at the surface and the nitrogen concentration in the elastic body at a depth of 0.5 mm from the surface of the treated surface layer is 0.02 to 0.15 mass %.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device estimates blood pressure based on first internal pressure of cuff during a first period and Korotkoff sound during the first period or based on the first internal pressure during the first period and first pulse wave during the first period; calculates timings when the first pulse wave satisfies a predetermined condition, a third period between timings, and pressure of first internal pressure during the third period and generates first information where the third period and the pressure are associated; generates blood pressure information where the calculated first information and the estimated blood pressure are associated; and specifies the first information matching or resembling second information generated based on second internal pressure of the cuff during second period and second pulse wave during the second period, and estimates the blood pressure associated with the specified first information as blood pressure during the second period.

Abstract: An acrylic rubber-metal composite, which comprises an iron phosphate treated iron-based metal, and an adhesive layer comprising a phenol resin and a metal oxide, and preferably further a halogenated polymer, and an acrylic rubber layer, successively provided on the iron-based metal surface, has not only distinguished initial adhesiveness and water resistance, when the acrylic rubber is bonded to the metal owing to application of the iron phosphate treatment to the metal surface, but also can reduce the abrasion of the mating materials when brought into contact with rubber-unbaked parts of the sheet, because the surface roughness Ra[according to JIS 0601(1994)] of the surface treated steel sheet is 0.6 or less.

Abstract: [Object] To obtain interference light having a stronger light intensity, and to more accurately measure a refractive index of a measured object, with a simplified configuration. [Solution Means] A light measurement device 100 includes a phase adjustment unit 120 and a detector 140. The phase adjustment unit 120 outputs reference light E(R) based on object light E1 being light to be obtained by transmission or reflection of light E from a light source with respect to a measured object 200, and signal light E(S) whose phase is adjusted to be different from a phase of signal light. The detector 140 derives a transmission or reflection light intensity distribution or a refractive index of the measured object 200, based on interference light E2 between signal light E(S) and reference light E(R) to be output by the phase adjustment unit 120. An optical axis of light E from a light source is linearly disposed.

Abstract: A coating agent for oil seal comprising 10 to 160 parts by weight of a filler having a particle size of 0.5 to 30 ?m based on 100 parts by weight of isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene and being prepared as an organic solvent solution, wherein a contact angle between a substrate surface coated with the coating agent and engine oil is less than 35°. The coating agent can improve wettability with oil and reduce dynamic friction coefficient in oil, while increasing the roughness of the coating surface. Thus, low torque characteristics can be achieved, while maintaining excellent seal performance inherent in oil seal.

Abstract: Provided are a blood pressure estimation device, and the like, the device being capable of accurately estimating blood pressure. The blood pressure estimation device includes a blood pressure estimation unit which estimates a blood pressure on the basis of a pressure in a specific time period and differences between a plurality of pulse wave signals measured in the specific time period due to the pressure.

Abstract: A biometric authentication apparatus 10 according to the present invention can be installed in facilities such as airports in order to improve the reliability of biometric authentication to ensure a high level of security.

Abstract: A cleaning blade (1) having an elastic body (11) molded from a rubber base material, and having at least a surface treatment layer (12) on the area of the elastic body (11) that is brought into contact with a body to be contacted, wherein the surface treatment layer (12) is formed by impregnating the surface layer portion of the elastic body (11) with a surface treatment liquid containing an isocyanate compound and an organic solvent and hardening the liquid. The elasticity modulus of the surface treatment layer (12) is 40 MPa or less, the elasticity modulus of the elastic body (11) is 3-20 MPa, and the difference between the elasticity modulus of the surface treatment layer (12) and the elasticity modulus of the elastic body (11) is 1 MPa or more.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for oil bleeding silicone rubber comprising any of: (A) an alcohol-based organic solvent solution adding 45 to 120 parts by weight of organometallic compound and 2 to 10 parts by weight of water, based on 100 parts by weight of vinyltrialkoxysilane, (B) a solution in which 5 parts by weight or less, preferably 1 to 5 parts by weight, of 3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilane is added to the above alcohol-based organic solvent solution (A), or (C) a solution in which uncrosslinked silicone rubber dissolved beforehand in an organic solvent is added to the above alcohol-based organic solvent solution (A) or (B) in which the amount of the organometallic compound is changed to 5 to 20 parts by weight, at a ratio of 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the total solid matters of vinyltrialkoxysilane and the organometallic compound. The adhesive composition has excellent adhesion to various substrates, including metals.

Abstract: Provided is an excrement analysis device capable of analyzing urine and feces simultaneously without increasing a burden of maintenance. The excrement analysis device 10 of the present invention includes: a light source 20 that emits an inspection light toward an inspection area in a toilet bowl; spectroscopic information acquisition means 30 that receives an inspection light emitted toward the inspection area and acquires spectroscopic information from the received inspection light; and analysis means 40 that extracts a first space containing the largest amount of urine components and a second space containing the largest amount of fecal components from the acquired spectroscopic information, and outputs a result of analysis of urine and feces on the basis of spectroscopic information regarding the first space and the second space.

Abstract: A blood pressure cuff less dependent on individual's arm shape with downsized dimensions is introduced with medical approval accuracy. The present invention comprises an occlusion component configured to occlude the artery, and a flexible plastic core to limit the degree of freedom of said occlusion component towards body portion, and a spacer occupying the volume between said core and said occlusion component to improve the compliance towards body portion.

Abstract: A surface-treating agent for vulcanized rubber, comprising 10 to 160 parts by weight of a wax having a softening point of 40 to 160° C. and 10 to 160 parts by weight of fluororesin particles based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene and an OH group-containing fluororesin composition that has the following formulation: a copolymer [I] of (A) a perfluoroalkylalkyl (meth)acrylate and (B) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, a polymer [II] of an acrylic acid alkyl ester, a polymer [III] of a fluorinated olefin, and a curing agent [IV]; wherein the weight ratio of the isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene and the OH group-containing fluororesin composition is 50:50 to 95:5.

Abstract: A surface-treating agent for vulcanized rubber, comprising, based on 100 parts by weight, as solid matters, of isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene, an organic solvent solution containing 10 to 160 parts by weight of fluororesin particles and 2.5 to 20 parts by weight of a perfluoroalkyl group-containing oligomer-based, fluorine-containing surfactant as a dispersant. The surface-treating agent for vulcanized rubber improves the solution stability of the organic solvent solution, improves the further hardness of the entire coating film formed from the surface-treating agent, abrasion resistance, and product torque evaluation, and is effectively used as, for example, a coating agent for seal lip parts of oil seals.

Abstract: For the purpose of determining blood pressure with high precision, a blood pressure determination device of the present invention includes: pulse wave calculating means that calculates, on the basis of a pressure signal in a specific time period and of a pulse wave signal measured in the specific time period due to pressure related to the pressure signal, a plurality of timings at which the pulse wave signal satisfies a predetermined condition, a time period that represents a difference between the timings, and a pressure value of the pressure signal in the time period, and calculates pulse wave information that associates the time period with the pressure value; data extracting means that extracts a specific data range from the pulse wave information on the basis of an arterial viscoelasticity indicator; and blood pressure determining means that determines diastolic blood pressure on the basis of a correspondence relationship between a pressure value and a time period within the data range.

Abstract: A pulse wave measurement device includes an acceleration sensor that detects a vibration and a vibration transmitter that transmits a vibration caused by pulsation in a measured site, wherein a length of the vibration transmitter in a specific direction is longer than a length of the acceleration sensor in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A low volume or narrower blood pressure cuff compared to commercial counterparts with similar medical approval accuracy is introduced. The present invention comprises an occlusion component configured to occlude the artery, and a pulse wave detection component to detect blood pressure oscillations. Blood pressure readings within medical approval accuracy are achieved by controlling and adjusting fluid amount in or fluid flowing into said pulse wave detection component.