Abstract: An evaporation heater arranged in a constant-temperature high-humidity storage, the evaporation heater comprising: a water storage tank arranged in a lower part of an enclosure of the evaporation heater; a temperature regulator configured to set water stored in the water storage tank to a target temperature; and an air blowing mechanism which is arranged in front in an air-blowing direction with respect to the water storage tank and which is configured to blow air to water in the water storage tank, set the temperature inside the constant-temperature high-humidity storage to the target temperature, and hold the humidity inside the constant-temperature high-humidity storage at saturated humidity.

Abstract: An ultrasonic irradiation apparatus irradiates ultrasonic waves onto a wide area having three-dimensionally curved surfaces. An ultrasonic irradiator having a plurality of ultrasonic transducer is arranged in a plane. The position of at least a portion of the ultrasonic transducers is mutually and flexibly changeable in three dimensions. Ultrasonic transducers are installed on a surface of a flexible and/or elastic sheet member or net member. The ultrasonic irradiator may include a plurality of ultrasonic transducers formed on a flexible piezoelectric sheet member, including driving electrodes arranged on one surface and opposed electrodes arranged on another surface. The ultrasonic irradiator may be installed on or inside of a flexible planar bag containing a fluidic ultrasonic conductive medium. A mechanism is provided for moving or tilting the ultrasonic irradiator with respect to the object, or a band-holding member may be provided for fitting the irradiator to the object.

Abstract: This invention relates to two methods treating such disease as AIDS. The first method includes administering the Trigger Factor such as TNF, which is defined as substance stimulating infected cells to increase HIV replication and hence subjecting the infected cells to death or the programmed death (apoptosis), further administering new-infection suppressor such as AZT and preferably inducer to migrate infected cells (lymphocytes) to the blood system from the lymphatic system, and then continuing extinction of the replicated HIVs by extracorporeal blood processing until all the infected cells die. The second method includes administering electroconductive and/or magnetic microparticles on the surface whereon of which such infectiously adhesive substance to HIVs and infected cells as CD4 is coated, and killing HIVs/infected cells adhered to the microparticles by heating the microparticles with electromagnetic field (wave) applied externally to the patient.

Abstract: An ultrasonic irradiation apparatus is presented which is capable of easily irradiating, with ultrasonic waves, a wide area (range) of an object having three-dimensionally curved surfaces. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic irradiator having a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged in planar manner, wherein the position of at least a portion of the ultrasonic transducers is arranged to be mutually and flexibly changeable in three dimensions. The ultrasonic irradiator includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers installed on a surface of a sheet member being flexible and/or elastic or on a net member being flexible and/or elastic. The ultrasonic irradiator further includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers composed of a flexible piezoelectric sheet member, wherein driving electrodes are arranged on one surface and opposed electrodes are arranged on another surface facing each other.

Abstract: This invention discloses an equipment for lipolysis of fat of a living body by ultrasound sonication. An effective ultrasound is characterized in low frequency 15-140 kHz region, by an intensity when in a range of 15-50 kHz, which is greater than 10 mw/cm2and below a hemolysis limit, and an intensity when in a range of 50-140 kHz, which is greater than 4 mW/cm2 and below the hemolysis limit or the safety level defined by MI. The invention is further characterized in a high frequency 180-1.3 MHz region, by an intensity when in a range of 180-700 kHz, which is greater than 10 mw/cm2 and below the safety level defined by M.I, and the intensity when in a range of 700 kHz-1.3 MHz, which is greater than 800 mw/cm2and below the safety level defined by MI.