Abstract: A clip unit including: a clip main body having a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and a middle portion; a pressing tube formed in a tube shape to be capable of accommodating the clip main body, the pressing tube being provided to deform the clip main body so as to make a distal end of the first arm portion and a distal end of the second arm portion to approach to each other, as the middle portion, the first arm portion, and the second arm portion are moved toward a proximal end side of the clip unit; a locking portion configured to protrude from an inner circumferential surface of the pressing tube on the proximal end side of the pressing tube; and a first locked portion configured to protrude from a lateral surface of the first arm portion.

Abstract: A rendering process is not distributed in units that take into consideration an object construction. The rendering process divides printing data into page units, generates a plurality of divided printing data, merges divided printing data related to the same double spread page from the plurality of divided printing data, and converts each of the merged divided printing data into bitmap data by a plurality of rendering units.

Abstract: A treatment tool for endo scope includes a pair of forceps members (first forceps members and second forceps member) supported by a forceps rotation axis such that they can rotate relatively, an operation part for performing an open-close operation of the pair of forceps members, an operation wire that connects the pair of forceps members and the operation part, an insertion part which the operation wire is inserted into, a cover member that secures the forceps rotation axis to the insertion part, a connection member including a link rotation axis, provided at a distal-end part of the operation wire, and a pair of link members (first link member and second link member), first end parts of each being rotatably connected via respective rotation axis members to a proximal-end part of each of the pair of forceps members, and second end parts of each being rotatably connected to the link rotation member.

Abstract: The present invention provides method of double-side polishing a wafer, including: simultaneously polishing both surfaces of the wafer by holding the wafer in a holding hole of a carrier, interposing the held wafer between upper and lower turn tables to which polishing pads are attached, rotating the carrier about an axis of the carrier and revolving the carrier; and repeating the polishing in a batch manner, wherein a direction in which the carrier is revolved is reversed every polishing batch while repeating the polishing in a batch manner. The method enables wafers with high flatness to be stably obtained while inhibiting reduction in productivity due to dressing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit component that enables satisfactory connection between a substrate and an IC chip and a method of making the same. The circuit component includes an IC chip and a substrate connected to each other using an electrically conductive adhesive containing electrically conductive particles. Bump electrodes and a non-electrode surface are provided on a mounting surface of the IC chip. The non-electrode surface is a portion of the mounting surface other than a portion where the bump electrodes are formed. Electrically conductive particles are placed in a first state between the surfaces of the substrate and the non-electrode surface so as to be in contact with both surfaces. Electrically conductive particles are placed in a second state between the surfaces of both the substrate and the bump electrodes, so as to be more flattened than the first state and dig into the bump electrodes.

Abstract: Provided is a grasper including an introduction tube that is capable of being inserted into a body cavity; an operational elongate body that is inserted into the introduction tube so as to advance and retract; and a clip that is attached to a distal end portion of the introduction tube and is operated by the relative movement between the operational elongate body and the introduction tube so as to grasp a body tissue, then is indwelled in a body. The clip has a plurality of grasping arms which are operated to be moved by the operational elongate body or the introduction tube, at least in a direction where the grasping arms are closed, so as to grasp the body tissue; and a retracting portion which retracts a portion of the body tissue between the plurality of grasping arms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of safely and simply inducing differentiation of mononuclear cells into cells that promote neovascular stabilization and maturation, and lead to recovering from ischemia or tissue repair. The cells according to the present invention are obtained by inducing differentiation of a mononuclear cell by culturing the mononuclear cell in a medium (particularly a serum-free medium) containing one or more selected from vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), thrombopoietin (TPO), granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (FLT3L), and collecting a cell population expressing CD11b.

Abstract: A double-side polishing apparatus including at least: upper and lower turn tables each having a polishing pad attached thereto; a carrier having a holding hole formed therein for holding a wafer between the upper and lower turn tables; a sensor for detecting a thickness of the wafer during polishing, the sensor being disposed in a through-hole provided at the upper turn table in a direction of an upper-turn-table rotation axis; and a sensor holder for holding the sensor, wherein a material of the sensor holder is quartz. As a result, there is provided a double-side polishing apparatus that can polish a wafer while the difference from the target wafer thickness is reduced by surely inhibiting deformation of the sensor holder due to the influence of heat generated during the polishing of the wafer.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes: a driving element which is provided inside a sealed container; and a rotary compression element which is provided inside the sealed container so as to be located below the driving element. A refrigerant discharge pipe is inserted from a side surface of the sealed container above the driving element into the sealed container, and is opened in the horizontal direction. A refrigerant compressed by the rotary compression element is discharged from a discharge hole into the sealed container, and is discharged from the refrigerant discharge pipe to the outside of the sealed container. The position of the discharge hole is set to a position below an area A1 on the opposite side of the opening direction of the refrigerant discharge pipe from a line L1 passing an opening surface of the refrigerant discharge pipe and perpendicular to the opening direction of the refrigerant discharge pipe.

Abstract: There is provided a structure having convex parts with an average height of 100 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, or concave parts with an average depth of 100 nm or more and 1000 nm or less on a surface thereof. The convex parts or the concave parts thereof are present at an average cycle of 50 nm or more and 400 nm or less in at least one direction. The structure is obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable composition containing a (meth)acrylate compound by light irradiation, electron beam irradiation and/or heating, the (meth)acrylate compound contains 53% by mass or more polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate based on the whole (meth)acrylate compound. The structure has a storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of 2 GPa or less and/or a storage elastic modulus at 180° C. of less than 0.5 GPa.

Abstract: A display device includes a first light guide member provided with a first reflecting surface formed at its first end to reflect light emitted by a light source; a second light guide member provided with a penetrating hole in which the first light guide member is intended to be inserted and a second reflecting surface formed at its first end to reflect the light; a first pointer and a second pointer fixed to the first end of the first light guide member and the first end of the second light guide member to be illuminated by the light reflected by the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, respectively, and a driving member configured to separately rotate the first light guide member and the second light guide member around a same rotation axis with the first pointer and the second pointer, respectively.

Abstract: A fluid dynamic bearing includes: a shaft arranged along a center axis; an annular portion expanding radially outwards from the shaft; a sleeve having a top surface opposed to an under surface of the annular portion to support the shaft and the annular portion in a relatively rotatable manner; and a lubricating fluid interposed between the shaft and annular portion and the sleeve. The fluid dynamic bearing further includes a substantially annular edge surrounding the center axis on the under surface and a solid lubricating film on the radially outer side of the edge.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a silicon wafer including a step of, after growing the oxide film on one surface of a raw material silicon wafer by chemical-vapor deposition, performing double-side polishing of the raw material silicon wafer in such a manner that a suede polishing pad or a velour polishing pad with an asker-C rubber hardness of 50° or more but less than 90° is used for the oxide-film surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic resin laminate having a thermoplastic resin (A) layer and a thermoplastic resin (B) layer provided on each side of the thermoplastic resin (A) layer, the thermoplastic resin (A) having a styrene structural unit content of 65 to 90 mol % with respect to all the structural units forming the resin, characterized in that the thermoplastic resin (B) is a (meth)acrylic acid ester-styrene copolymer resin which is predominantly formed of a (meth)acrylic acid ester structural unit (a) represented by formula (1) and a styrene structural unit, and which has a ratio by mole of (meth)acrylic acid ester structural unit (a) to styrene structural unit of 70:30 to 84:16. The synthetic resin laminate is excellent in transparency, anti-warpage property, interlayer adhesion, adhesion to a hard coat layer formed from a photosensitive hard coating material, scratch resistance, and weather resistance.

Abstract: A duplex eutectic silicon alloy including 30-70 weight % silicon, 10-45 weight % nitrogen, 1-40 weight % aluminum, and 1-40 weight % oxygen has a eutectic structure comprising a ??-sialon phase and an ??-sialon phase. The alloy is produced by controlling cooling at a rate of 50° C. or less per minute in combustion synthesis. A ductile sintered product capable of replacing steel in various applications can be produced by placing a compact composed of a powder of the alloy in a sintering furnace which can supply a heat quantity at least ten times the heat capacity of the compact; and sintering the compact at a pressure at least as great as atmospheric pressure, within a nitrogen atmosphere in which the silicon gas mole fraction is 10% or more, and at a temperature within the range from 1400° C. to 1700° C.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin laminate is a transparent substrate material or protective material which is excellent in transparency, birefringence, and pattern-formability. The laminate is a synthetic resin laminate formed of a methacrylic resin layer, and a vinyl copolymer resin layer laminated on one or both sides of the methacrylic resin layer. The vinyl copolymer resin contains a (meth)acrylate structural unit and an aliphatic vinyl structural unit represented by specific formulas. The ratio of the sum of the (meth)acrylate structural units and the aliphatic vinyl structural units is 90 to 100 mol % with respect to all the structural units that form the resin. The ratio by mole of the (meth)acrylate structural unit to the aliphatic vinyl structural unit is 65:35 to 85:15. The methacrylic resin contains a structural unit having no benzene ring in an amount of 90 mol % or more with respect to all the structural units.

Abstract: A display device includes a first light guide member provided with a first reflecting surface formed at its first end to reflect light emitted by a light source; a second light guide member provided with a penetrating hole in which the first light guide member is intended to be inserted and a second reflecting surface formed at its first end to reflect the light; a first pointer and a second pointer fixed to the first end of the first light guide member and the first end of the second light guide member to be illuminated by the light reflected by the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, respectively, and a driving member configured to separately rotate the first light guide member and the second light guide member around a same rotation axis with the first pointer and the second pointer, respectively.

Abstract: A synthetic resin laminate for use for transparent substrate materials and transparent protective materials is excellent in interlayer adhesiveness, form stability in high-temperature and high humidity environments, surface hardness and impact resistance. The synthetic resin laminate has a vinyl copolymer resin (A) layer and a polycarbonate resin (B) layer, wherein layer (A) is directly laminated on one surface of layer (B), and in which (A) contains a (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) represented by a specific formula and an aliphatic vinyl structural unit (b) represented by a specific formula, the total proportion of the (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) and the aliphatic vinyl structural unit (b) is from 90 to 100 mol % relative to the total of all the structural units in (A), and the proportion of the (meth)acrylate structural unit (a) is from 65 to 80 mol % relative to the total of all the structural units in (A).

Abstract: To provide a highly transparent thermoplastic resin composition without requiring, for example, a special molecular design or incorporation of an additive, with the refractive index of the composition being readily controllable. The highly transparent and refractive-index-controllable thermoplastic resin composition can be produced by blending a thermoplastic resin (A) containing a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer represented by a specific chemical formula and a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer represented by a specific chemical formula, with a thermoplastic resin (B) obtained by hydrogenating aromatic double bonds of a thermoplastic resin which contains a structural unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer represented by a specific chemical formula and a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer represented by a specific chemical formula.

Abstract: A double-side polishing apparatus including at least: upper and lower turn tables each having a polishing pad attached thereto; a carrier having a holding hole formed therein for holding a wafer between the upper and lower turn tables; a sensor for detecting a thickness of the wafer during polishing, the sensor being disposed in a through-hole provided at the upper turn table in a direction of an upper-turn-table rotation axis; and a sensor holder for holding the sensor, wherein a material of the sensor holder is quartz. As a result, there is provided a double-side polishing apparatus that can polish a wafer while the difference from the target wafer thickness is reduced by surely inhibiting deformation of the sensor holder due to the influence of heat generated during the polishing of the wafer.