Abstract: According to the present invention, a system controller includes a serial I/F section, a system control section and a control trigger signal generating section. When the occurrence of an event for recording control that instructs to start/stop recording an image of a peripheral medical appliance is detected by the system control section through the serial I/F section, the control trigger signal generating section in response to the event occurrence generates a control trigger signal and outputs the control trigger signal to the AV controller. Thus, an optimum technique image in accordance with the progress of an operation can be securely recorded.

Abstract: According to the invention, an infrared communication port of a system controller performs infrared communication with a mobile remote controller, which allows function assignment to the mobile remote controller. The mobile remote controller requests controllable appliance list data to the system controller in response to an operation on a key input select button in a fixed key display area. Then, the mobile remote controller receives the controllable appliance list data, and an appliance operation button is assigned to a function key display area. Thus, multiple controllable appliances can be controlled easily through one mobile remote controller by allowing assigning control functions for the multiple controllable appliances easily to the mobile remote controller.

Abstract: An object observation system of the present invention has an observation apparatus for observing a body to be examined, a three-dimensional image recording apparatus for recording three-dimensional images, which are obtained in advance, of the body to be examined, and an image constructing apparatus for constructing a three-dimensional image based on images in synchronization with the observation apparatus, which are recorded in the three-dimensional image recording apparatus.

Abstract: An adhesive resin cement composition having excellent adhesion and physical properties without the application of a priming material or an adhesive when it is bonded to the enamel and aesthetic properties. A photocurable dental enamel adhesive composition comprising (A) a radically polymerizable monomer having an acid group and a structure represented by the following formula (1): CH2?CR1—COO—R2—OCO—R3—COOH ??(1) (R1 is H or CH3, and R2 and R3 are each independently a divalent inert group essentially composed of C and H), (B) a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer having a molecular weight of 220 or less and a boiling point of 60° C./10 mmHg or more, (C) a carboxylic ester group-containing aromatic amine, (D) a photopolymerization initiator and (E) a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer and optionally (F) a filler.

Abstract: An operation information analysis device according to the present invention includes: a medical information input section for inputting various kinds of medical information during an operation from a system controller; a data storage section for adding time information such as a time stamp to the various kinds of medical information during the operation, and for constructing databases specified for each medical procedure by making the various kinds of medical information into files for each kind of medical information and storing the databases; a data analysis section for analyzing the medical information which is stored in the data storage section and which is formed into the databases, for each medical procedure; an analysis condition input section for inputting various information to the data analysis section; and a display device for displaying results of analysis performed by the data analysis section.

Abstract: A medical operation assisting system for displaying, based on medical image data, a virtual body-cavity image of a region on and surrounding a location to be operated within a body cavity of a subject, includes an image data generator for generating data of the virtual body-cavity image of the region on and surrounding the location to be operated, based on the medical image data, a storage device for storing optical characteristic data of an endoscope, and a controller for retrieving the optical characteristic data of the endoscope from the storage device, and causing the image data generator to generate the virtual body-cavity image data based on the optical characteristic data of the endoscope.

Abstract: An operating room controlling system includes: a first controller connected to a medical apparatus provided in an operating room; a second controller connected to a non-medical apparatus provided in an operating room; and an operation direction inputting section to which operational directions to the medical and non-medical apparatuses are inputted, and which sends the content of the inputted operational direction to the first controller. The first controller sends to the second controller a first control signal corresponding to the operational direction of the non-medical apparatus inputted to the operation direction inputting section. When there are a plurality of non-medical apparatuses, the second controller converts the first control signal to a second control signal, and sends the second control signal to a non-medical apparatus determined out of the plurality of non-medical apparatuses based on predetermined priorities.

Abstract: A medical operation system includes a controller for controlling a plurality of medical equipments, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of medical equipments and the controller in two-way communications, an information recorder which records, together with time information, information regarding the plurality of medical equipments transmitted and received by the communication unit, a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data, and a display output unit for visualizing the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display.

Abstract: A surgery data storing device according to the present invention comprises a surgery data storing section which associates surgery data to a predetermined time and stores this to a storing device, and an event data storing section which associates the event data to the predetermined time according to an occurrence of a predetermined event and stores this.

Abstract: An operation information management device for managing a use history of multiple medical apparatuses has a management item setting section for setting management items which classify the use history of the various medical apparatuses, a management item storing section for storing the use history information of the various medical apparatuses based on the management items as a database, an analysis designating section for designating analysis items based on the use history of the various medical apparatuses, and an analysis information creating section for searching use history information of the multiple medical apparatuses stored by the management item storing section based on the analysis items and for generating and outputting analysis information.

Abstract: The operation apparatus controller controls a group of apparatuses including multiple medical apparatuses, which respectively can store patient IDs. Also, the operation apparatus controller has a patient ID comparing section which compares the patient ID stored in the various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses and a notifying section which notifies that the compared patient ID matches or does not match, based on the comparison results of the patient ID.

Abstract: An operating room control system including: a first controller connected to a medical device placed in an operating room; a second controller connected to a nonmedical device placed in the operating room; and an operating instruction input device for accepting input of an operating instruction for the medical device and for transmitting the content of the entered operating instruction to the first controller. In this operating room control system, an operating instruction for the nonmedical device is also entered into the operating instruction input device. The first controller transmits a first control signal according to the operating instruction for the nonmedical device entered into the operating instruction input device to the second controller. The second controller converts the first control signal to a second control signal for controlling the nonmedical device and transmits it to the nonmedical device. Thereby, a surgeon can operate the nonmedical device by himself.

Abstract: An endoscopic system including a system controller for controlling at least an endoscope and an AV controller for controlling one or more audio-visual devices, the AV controller being capable of communicating with the system controller, wherein the system controller controls the one or more audio-visual devices. For this purpose, the system controller exchanges data for use in activating the one or more audio-visual devices with the AV controller. In this data communication, the system controller can transmit a setting list to the AV controller, for example, or a link may be established between the system controller and the AV controller.

Abstract: An operating room control system including a medical device control system for controlling one or more medical devices for conducting a surgical procedure and a medical support device control system for controlling one or more medical support devices, which support the surgical procedure, wherein the medical support devices can be controlled from the side of the medical devices. For example, the operating environment of an operating section of the medical device control system is changed to enable a command input to the medical support device control system. Thereby, the medical support devices can be controlled from the side of the medical system. If the operating section is a touch panel having a display function, it is preferable to switch between the display function and input sensing function in synchronization with each other.

Abstract: A medical procedure support system includes an image reading unit for reading virtual image data from a storage unit that stores multiple pieces of the virtual image data relating to a subject, which corresponds to steps of a medical procedure, a specifying unit for specifying a step of the medical procedure, and a control unit for controlling the image reading unit based on the step of the medical procedure specified by the specifying unit.

Abstract: A medical procedure support system of the invention includes an endoscope for obtaining images of an internal part of the body cavity of a subject, an endoscopic image creating unit for creating an endoscopic image obtained by the endoscope, an image reading unit for reading a virtual image relating to the subject and a reference image relating to the virtual image, a superimposition commanding unit for commanding to superimpose the reference image on at least one of the virtual image and the endoscopic image, and a combined image creating unit for performing the superimposition of the reference image data commanded by the superimposition commanding unit and creating a combined image thereof.

Abstract: Additional information (for example, inclination of gantry/detector of image formation apparatus, and slice positions of tomographic images) is added to medical images, and the medical images are stored in an image storage unit. Based upon the additional information, a sequence for displaying the medical images on a viewer is determined. The medical images are displayed in accordance with this determined sequence. As a result, there are larger possibilities that resembling medical images are displayed and positioned close to each other on the viewer and a diagnosing operation by a doctor can be easily carried out.

Abstract: An object observation system of the present invention has an observation apparatus for observing a body to be examined, a three-dimensional image recording apparatus for recording three-dimensional images, which are obtained in advance, of the body to be examined, and an image constructing apparatus for constructing a three-dimensional image based on images in synchronization with the observation apparatus, which are recorded in the three-dimensional image recording apparatus.

Abstract: In a Karman vortex flowmeter according to the present invention, first and second ultrasonic transmission/reception devices are offset from each other along a flowing direction of fluid, and a switching device alternately switches the ultrasonic transmission/reception devices so that the ultrasonic transmission/reception devices can alternately perform transmission and reception. There is also provided a propagation time difference detector for determining a time difference between an ultrasonic wave propagation time when one of the ultrasonic transmission/reception devices performs the transmission, and an ultrasonic wave propagation time when the other of the ultrasonic transmission/reception devices performs the transmission, and for determining a flow rate of the fluid on the basis of the time difference. When no Karman vortex is generated or when the number of generated Karman vortices is greatly reduced, the minute flow rate of the fluid is measured by the propagation time difference detector.

Abstract: A game playing system for business use includes a plurality of independent game machines and transmission lines for connecting the game machines together, each of the game machines including player input device through which a player can input a game start command signal, a communication interface for performing the reception and transmission of data between the one player's game machine and the other game machines through the transmission lines, a group setting device for grouping the game machines including the one player's game machine to participate in a game in accordance with the game start command signal from the player input device and various signals from the other game machines through the communication interface and a game calculating device for performing the reception and transmission of game data between the one player's game machine and the other game machines in the same group through the communication interface to make a predetermined calculation of game, whereby a plurality of game machines