Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter, a catheter hub fixed to the proximal end portion of the catheter, a hollow inner needle removably located in the catheter and including a distal end portion at which is located a needlepoint to puncture skin of a patient, and a guide wire slidably positioned in the inner needle. The guide wire is longer than both the inner needle and the catheter. A wire operating member is connected to the guide wire and is displaceable in the forward direction relative to the inner needle and the catheter. A main body is detachably connected to the catheter hub and includes a finger-engaging projection at a distal portion of the main body that is engageable by a user's finger to advance the main body and the catheter in the forward direction. The wire operating member is superimposed on the main body.

Abstract: A catheter assembly is disclosed, which includes a catheter; a catheter hub fixed to a proximal end portion of the catheter; a needle having a needlepoint, and inserted into the catheter so as to be separable; an elongated member coupled to the needle; a protector displaceable in an axial direction in a range regulated with respect to the elongated member, and configured to cover at least the needlepoint of the needle in accordance with evulsion of the needle from the catheter; and wherein, in an initial state, the catheter and the needle are exposed from a distal end of the elongated member, and the elongated member overlaps the catheter hub and the protector.

Abstract: A catheter assembly includes: a catheter; a hollow inner needle that is removably disposed in the catheter and has a lumen through which a guide wire is insertable; a needle hub that is fixed to a proximal end portion of the inner needle; and a guide member that is attachable to a proximal end portion of the needle hub and configured to guide the guide wire towards the inner needle.

Abstract: A housing includes at least one openable cover and at least one adjacent cover. The at least one openable cover swings on a hinge to separate an interior of the housing from an exterior of the housing. The at least one openable cover has a first side edge on a side of the hinge. The at least one adjacent cover is adjacent to the at least one openable cover. The at least one adjacent cover has a second side edge neighboring the first side edge of the at least one openable cover across a gap. One of the at least one openable cover and the at least one adjacent cover includes at least one projection projecting into the gap and another one of the at least one openable cover and the at least one adjacent cover includes a recess that accommodates the at least one projection in the gap.

Abstract: A catheter assembly is disclosed, which includes a housing; a catheter; a catheter hub disposed in the housing and fixed to a proximal end portion of the catheter; a needle having a needlepoint, and inserted into the catheter so as to be separable; a protector displaceable in an axial direction of the housing, and disposed in the housing, and configured to cover at least the needlepoint of the needle in accordance with evulsion of the needle from the catheter; a needle support portion configured to support the needle through the catheter on a distal end side and distally of the catheter hub; the needle support portion being movable with respect to the housing in order to change from a first state of supporting needle to a second state of releasing the support of the needle and allowing the catheter hub to pass.

Abstract: A cabinet structure includes multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, and a clearance communicating between the inside and the outside of the cabinet is left between two cover members, the two cover members being adjacent to each other, of the cover members, and a passage defined by the clearance and leading from the inside to the outside of the cabinet through the clearance has a shape with multiple bends.

Abstract: A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit.

Abstract: A catheter assembly includes: a catheter comprising a distal end portion, and a body portion that is continuous with a proximal end of the distal end portion and extends along an axial direction; a hollow inner needle that has a needle tip and is removably inserted into the catheter; and a guide wire that is inserted into the inner needle so as to be movable back and forth and that is deliverable from the needle tip. The distal end portion of the catheter comprises a constituent portion that is harder than, has a higher lubricity than, or has a higher elasticity than the body portion at at least a part of a surface of the distal end portion.

Abstract: A stirring device includes a stirrer configured to stir a stirred object, at least another component of the stirring device, and a coating layer. The coating layer is disposed on at least one of a contact part of the stirrer that contacts the at least another component and a contacted part of the at least another component contacted by the stirrer.

Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter, an inner needle, and a deflection suppression mechanism that suppresses a deflection of the inner needle. A side flow path structure having at least one liquid passage is provided on a circumferential wall of the catheter. The deflection suppression mechanism has a sliding contact support portion that can support the catheter while sliding against the catheter when the catheter is advanced with respect to the inner needle. In an initial state, the sliding contact support portion is located to be closer to a proximal side than a liquid passage located on a most distal side in the side flow path structure.

Abstract: A timepiece dial according to embodiments of the invention includes a base member; an exterior portion that is provided on the base member, includes a laminated body of a plurality of layers, and has translucency; and a phosphorescent material that is provided on a rear surface of the exterior portion on a side of the base member.

Abstract: A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a substrate that is flexible and thermally deformable, and a composite piezoelectric body disposed on the substrate. Output in accordance with deformation of the composite piezoelectric body is obtained. The composite piezoelectric body includes a piezoelectric layer containing an organic binder containing piezoelectric particles, a first electrode layer stacked on a first surface side of the piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode stacked on a second surface side of the piezoelectric layer. The substrate is insert molded and integrated with a molded resin body having a curved shape.

Abstract: A lock control device is configured to control a plurality of lock devices respectively provided in a plurality of storage sections. The lock control device includes control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to: cause an indicator to indicate a plurality of pieces of storage section information representing the plurality of storage sections; receive an input of partial storage section information of the plurality of pieces of storage section information; and output an unlocking signal to a lock device of the plurality of lock devices corresponding to the partial storage section information, to unlock the lock device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exterior housing, an image forming unit disposed in the exterior housing, to form an image on a sheet, a sheet tray disposed below the image forming unit to be drawable in a front face of the exterior housing, an ejection unit disposed above the image forming unit to eject the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming unit, a conveyance path disposed on the front face of the exterior housing to guide the sheet from the sheet tray to the ejection unit via the image forming apparatus, an openably closable cover disposed in the front face of the exterior housing to openably close the conveyance path, and an space disposed side by side with the image forming unit in a lateral direction in the exterior housing.

Abstract: A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exterior housing, an image forming unit in the exterior housing, the image forming unit, to form an image on a sheet, a scanner to read the image on a document, a first region in the exterior housing, the image forming unit being disposed in the first region in view from a front side of the exterior housing, a second region arranged side by side with the first region in a lateral direction in the exterior housing in view from the front side of the exterior housing, the scanner being disposed in the second region, and an opening defining a space in a front face of the exterior housing. The opening extends across the first region and the second region in a lower part of the exterior housing below the image forming unit and the scanner.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet, and a cabinet configured to house the image forming device. The image forming device includes a side plate in which an exhaust port is formed, and the cabinet includes an outer side plate facing the side plate of the image forming device, and a positioning part configured to position the image forming device in the cabinet, the positioning part configured to form a space between the side plate of the image forming device and the outer side plate of the cabinet.

Abstract: Provided is a system including: a sink device related information acquisition unit configured to acquire sink device related information, which is information on sink device capable of receiving a signal transmitted from a transmission unit of a main apparatus in response to an operation of switching the transmission unit of the main apparatus on, the sink device related information being acquired before the operation of switching the transmission unit on; a first display control unit configured to display, when information on sink device is contained in the sink device related information, the information on sink device on a display unit based on the sink device related information; and a second display control unit configured to cause, when information on sink device is not contained in the sink device related information, the main apparatus to try to detect sink device, and to display information on sink device on the display unit based on a result of the detection.

Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter; a catheter hub fixed to a proximal end portion of the catheter; a hollow needle having a needle tip and disengageably located in the catheter; a needle hub fixed to a proximal end portion of the needle; a guide wire slidably located in the needle, the guide wire being longer than the catheter and having a distal end that is protrudable from the needle tip; a guide wire hub configured to support the guide wire and move the guide wire with respect to the needle in association with movement of the guide wire hub; and a movement mechanism configured to retract the guide wire hub with respect to the needle hub such that the distal end of the guide wire is housed in the needle in association with forward movement of the catheter hub with respect to the needle hub.