Abstract: There is provided a defect hole closing material which achieves minimally invasive medical treatment for Atrial Septal Defect, and poses little possibility of occurrence of a failure in the body in some distant future. The defect hole closing material (100) comprises two bioabsorbable material-made cylindrical bodies (the first cylindrical section (110) and the second cylindrical section (120)) having a mesh-like structure in the form of an hourglass shape, a numeral “8” shape, a double spindle shape, or a peanut shape. With the first end (112) kept held securely, the second end, or the other end (122) is pulled toward the first end (112) by operating the string (140), whereupon the cylinder diameter is increased, and also the first cylindrical section (110) and the second cylindrical section (120) move close to each other with respect to the substantially central section (130) serving as a center.

Abstract: In an apparatus for detecting a coordinate position of a contact point in a touch panel, a resistance layer having a pair of electrodes opposed in a X direction and another resistance layer having a pair of electrodes opposed in a Y direction are opposed in a Z direction. The apparatus includes the following units. A unit for applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes of one resistance layer when the apparatus is in an input stand-by state. A resistance connecting an electrode of the other resistance layer to earth when the apparatus is in the input stand-by state. A unit for detecting a voltage induced to the other electrode of the other resistance layer when the resistance layers contact with each other in an event of a depressing operation. A unit for controlling the transition from the input stand-by state to another state in which an operation for detecting the coordination position is executed, when the voltage is induced to the other electrode of the other resistance layer.

Abstract: A touch panel device comprises a resistance material on which a potential gradient is formed extended along an X axis, a contact electrode to be pushed to contact with the resistance material, a potential supplying unit for selectively supplying to the contact electrode via a resistance via at least two kinds of potentials one by one, a potential detecting unit for detecting the potential at the contact electrode, and a pushed position detecting unit for detecting a X coordinate of the pushed position based on the potential detected by the potential detecting unit when the potentials are supplied thereto by the potential supplying unit.