Abstract: An endoscope includes an elongated tube, an instrument channel, an end opening, and an end sleeve having the end opening inside. In combination with the endoscope, a closure device includes a plug housing in a sleeve form for mounting on the end sleeve. A plug cap is coupled to the plug housing removably, for closing the end opening. An access hole is formed in the plug cap, for entry of the medical instrument. A sealing lip is disposed to project from an inner surface of the plug housing, pressed by the end sleeve, for preventing fluid in the instrument channel from leaking out of the plug housing. A slit opening is formed in the sealing lip, has a slit width reduced by pressure of the end sleeve to the sealing lip, for passing the medical instrument from the access hole in a leakage-free manner.

Abstract: The inside of a cylindrical body is divided into two parts, that is, a first and a second chamber, and in a piston body, a first ventilation hole and a first ventilation path of a pushing portion are formed so as to communicate with the first chamber and a second ventilation hole and a second ventilation path of the pushing portion are formed to communicate with the second chamber, and a spring for returning the piston body to its original position is provided. By pressing the pushing portion while closing the first ventilation port so as to advance the piston body, air is supplied through a syringe port on the first chamber, while by pressing the pushing portion while closing the second ventilation port, air is supplied through the syringe port on the second chamber, and by releasing the pushing operation, the piston body automatically returns to the original position.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a control unit. The memory stores a first image. The control unit divides the first image into a plurality of regions. Further, the control unit calculates a likelihood of an existence of a sample in the plurality of regions thus divided for each of the plurality of regions. Further, the control unit generates an existence map based on the calculated likelihood, the existence map having the plurality of regions classified into first regions, second regions, and third regions. Further, the control unit generates imaging sequence information based on the generated existence map, the imaging sequence information indicating imaging sequences such that the first regions are imaged prior to the second regions and a total movement distance of a stage for imaging the first and second regions becomes minimum.

Abstract: The forceps plug for an endoscope is mounted on a metal opening communicating with an insertion channel formed in an endoscope. The forceps plug for an endoscope includes a main body portion and a plurality of cap portions. The main body portion includes a mounting portion mounted on the metal opening and formed at one end thereof, and a cap mounting portion that protrudes in a cylindrical shape and is formed at the other end thereof. A closing film having a slit normally closed is formed between the mounting portion and the cap mounting portion. The respective cap portions are connected to the main body portion by flexible strip-like portions, and are formed of insertion holes for inserting the treatment tool with different inner diameters one by one at the centers of the cap portions, and are attachable and detachable on the cap mounting portion in an alternative manner.

Abstract: A device for sterilization check for an endoscope, comprising: an elongated insertion member insertable into an inner pipeline of the endoscope, wherein a plurality of indicator holding members each capable of holding a sterilization indicator for checking a sterilization effect by a sterilizing medium introduced to the inner pipeline are arranged on the insertion member along a longitudinal direction of the insertion member, and ones of the indicator holding members adjacent to each other along the longitudinal direction of the insertion member are coupled together via a flexible coupling member deformable along a shape of the inner pipeline of the endoscope.

Abstract: When a suction button is pushed in a pushing operation direction, the suction button pushes down longer lever ends of inversion levers, shorter lever ends of the inversion levers are pushed up based on a seesaw operation and the principle of leverage, and a piston body coupled through a coupling body moves in a direction opposed to a pushing operation direction against an urging force of a spring in cooperation with this upward movement. As a result, a valve moving portion moves away from a valve receiving portion to open a suction duct valve portion and suction is carried out, but the piston body retires to an outer periphery side of a bent duct when the valve portion is opened, and hence a suction duct is widened, thereby facilitating suction of even, e.g., a fluid having high viscosity.

Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device including a communication unit, a memory unit capable of storing first audio data, a distance estimation unit that estimates a distance from an external device serving as a transmission source which transmits a radio signal based on a predetermined condition related to a field intensity and a noise component of the radio signal received by the communication unit, a communication control unit that controls the communication unit to transmit an audio data transmission request addressed to the external device serving as the transmission source based on the estimated distance estimated by the distance estimation unit, when the first audio data is being reproduced, and a reproduction control unit that adjusts a reproducing volume of the first audio data and a reproducing volume of second audio data, when the first audio data is being reproduced and the communication unit receives a radio signal corresponding to the second audio data transmitted from the external device serv

Abstract: A portion of an outer periphery of a plug body of a forceps plug is cut out to form an arm having a shape along the circumferential direction of an outer peripheral surface of an opening. A tip portion of the arm is formed with a boss that protrudes toward the opening. An outer peripheral surface of the opening tip portion is formed with a cam groove for a forceps plug that guides the boss. The cam groove for a forceps plug is constituted by a cam groove for attachment that guides the boss 33 when the forceps plug is attached, a cam groove for locking that locks the boss, and a cam groove for removal that guides the boss when the forceps plug is removed. When the boss moves along the cam groove for removal, the deflection of the arm exceeds an elastic limit, and the arm breaks.

Abstract: A flange is formed in a ferrule. A forceps stopper has a fixing member engaging with the flange and a stopper body that holds the fixing member. The fixing member has detachable first and second pieces. The stopper body has a fixing member accommodation hole that accommodates the fixing member in a combined state. The stopper body has a fixing member holding portion that holds the fixing member that is accommodated in the fixing member accommodation hole. The fixing member holding portion has an annular contact portion that comes into contact with the fixing member and a connection portion that connects the outer periphery of the annular contact portion to the opening peripheral edge portion of the fixing member accommodation hole. When the stopper body is pulled, the connection portion is broken, so that the holding of the fixing member using the fixing member holding portion is released.

Abstract: A forceps plug includes a tubular plug main body, and a tubular fixing member rotatably held on the outer periphery of the plug main body. The inner peripheral surface of the fixing member is provided with a pair engaging claws. A ratchet mechanism that allows the fixing member to move to an incorporated location, an attachment position, a fixed position, and a removal position in order, but stops further movement to a position where the fixing member has moved once is provided between the inner peripheral surface of the plug main body and the outer peripheral surface of the fixing member. Since the fixing member of the used forceps plug removed from a opening is stopped from being to the fixed position by the ratchet mechanism, the fixing member cannot be fixed to the opening. Reuse of the used forceps plug can be made impossible without being accompanied by destruction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processor including: an image storage section storing a piece of first image data having a first resolution and at least one piece of second image data as layer-by-layer image data for a specimen, the piece of second image data being obtained by spatially compressing the piece of first image data at different magnification ratios; an image data acquisition section acquiring image data from the layer-by-layer image data in units of a predetermined second resolution by which the first resolution is equally divisible to display the image data on a display device; an annotation setting section setting annotations at arbitrary spatial positions of the display image data in response to an instruction from the user; and an image optimization section determining whether each piece of the image data stored in the image storage section is necessary to delete the image data determined to be unnecessary.

Abstract: A content delivery system includes a client and a server, the client requesting deliveries of content from the server which transforms the content into layered-encoded data for transmission to the client over a network. The client includes: an inputting device inputting a time limit within which the content is to be delivered; a requesting device requesting a delivery of the content from the server within the time limit; and a receiving device receiving layered-encoded data constituting the content of which the delivery has been requested by the requesting device and which is transmitted from the server.

Abstract: A server connected to a client terminal via a network, includes a conference room management unit that manages a conference room for holding a conference, and a medical image holding unit that holds the predetermined number of medical image data including medical image data linked to the conference, wherein the conference room management unit manages one state which is a conference live state and other states which are different from the one state as a conference room state.

Abstract: A reception apparatus and method is disclosed wherein recovery of a lost packet can be performed simply and rapidly in response to the variation of the loss rate. A packet analysis section detects loss of a packet, and a retransmission processing section registers packet information including a sequence number for identification of a packet having been lost into a NACK list. When loss of a packet is detected by the packet analysis section, a NACK production section produces a NACK packet for requesting for retransmission of the non-arriving packet whose packet information is registered in the NACK list. A network inputting/outputting section transmits the NACK packet to a transmission apparatus. The invention can be applied to a reception apparatus which receives, for example, streaming data.

Abstract: A suction button assembly of a valve structure for an endoscope includes a cylinder housing, cylinder passage, plunger or piston unit, cylinder opening, plunger stem, flow opening, valve sleeve and flow channel. A valve opening is formed in a side surface of the valve sleeve at an end of the flow channel, closed by a wall of the cylinder passage when the plunger is in the closed position, for shut-off between the suction channel and the discharge conduit, and registered with the flow opening when the plunger is in the open position, for communication between the suction channel and the discharge conduit. A valve engaging surface is formed partially with the cylinder passage, has the flow opening, and has an inner diameter decreasing in an upward direction. The valve sleeve is tapered and tightly contacted on the valve engaging surface when the plunger is in the closed position.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an operation unit, an elongated tube, a distal opening, a suction channel, and a discharge conduit. A suction button assembly has a valve structure for changing over between the discharge conduit and the suction channel for communication and shut-off. The suction button assembly includes a plunger, a first stem end, and a valve opening of the plunger. A cap device is coupled to the first stem end and to the first cylinder end of a cylinder housing in the operation unit, and around the first stem end. A first regulating device prevents the plunger from rotating in the cap device. A second regulating device prevents the cap device from rotating about an axis of the cylinder housing, to keep the valve opening aligned with a flow opening of a cylinder passage of the cylinder housing.

Abstract: A microscope control device includes a driving control unit that controls driving of a microscope which captures a digital enlarged image of a predetermined sample and outputs the corresponding digital enlarged image to an external server, a digital work processing unit that performs a digital work process for the captured digital enlarged image, a load calculation unit that calculates a load which is necessary for the capturing process of the digital enlarged image, and a digital work determination unit that determines whether or not the predetermined digital work process is to be performed by the digital work processing unit based on a load value calculated by the load calculation unit and a load value for the corresponding server obtained from the server.

Abstract: An image management server is provided including a microscopic image acquisition portion acquiring a microscopic image of a sample made of a plurality of tile images picked up by a microscope before placing the acquired microscopic image into a predetermined storage area. The image management server also includes a meta information creation portion creating meta information determining the microscopic image according to a result of data analysis acquired by the microscopic image acquisition portion; an image provision processing portion providing the meta information and the microscopic image to an image display apparatus in response to a request from the image display apparatus capable of viewing microscopic images.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for encoding and decoding data. An encoding device can be configured to encode video by performing intra-frame encoding using wavelet transformation. The encoding device can include a generation unit configured to generate a composite image for every n temporally consecutive frames, and an encoding unit configured to perform the encoding for the composite image. The decoding device can be configured to decode data encoded by such an encoding device.

Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed, which includes steps of cleaning toner remaining on a photoreceptor surface by a cleaning blade which is arranged on counter direction to rotation direction of the photoreceptor, supplying a fatty acid metal salt onto the photoreceptor surface after the cleaning, spreading the supplied fatty acid metal salt on the photoreceptor surface by using a spreading blade which is arranged on trail direction to rotation direction of the photoreceptor, charging the photoreceptor by a charging member, exposing the photoreceptor to form a latent image, developing the latent image by a developer to form a toner image on the photoreceptor, and transferring the toner image onto an image receiving member by a transfer roller facing to the photoreceptor through the image receiving material, in which the toner comprises a binder resin and a colorant, in which the toner has a glass transition point of from 20 to 45° C.