Abstract: A biological information measurement apparatus comprises: a spectrometer; a housing that contains the spectrometer and includes a surface on which a measurement target is to be placed, and an aperture portion through which light illuminating the measurement target placed on the surface and light reflected from the measurement target are to pass; and a shutter member that can move between a first position of opposing the aperture portion of the housing and a second position of retreating from the first position of opposing the aperture portion, the shutter member including a white reference surface. If the shutter member is at the first position, the spectrometer performs calibration using the white reference surface. If the shutter member is at the second position, the aperture portion and the measurement target oppose each other, and the spectrometer colorimetrically measures the measurement target.

Abstract: A system for evaluating quality of a sterilization workflow concerning sterilization of a sterilization target, comprises registration means for registering, for each base, basic information concerning the base where the sterilization workflow is performed; accumulation means for acquiring, for each base, accumulation information indicating a result of a work associated with the sterilization workflow, and accumulate the accumulation information; and evaluation means for evaluating, in accordance with an evaluation target and an evaluation item designated by a user of the system, at least one evaluation item concerning at least one stage of the sterilization workflow using basic information concerning the evaluation target and the accumulation information.

Abstract: There is provided a management system that manages records with respect to sterilization targets on which sterilization process is to be performed. The management system includes: recording means for recording, when a first sterilization process is again performed on a first sterilization target with out the first sterilization target having been used, re-sterilization related information to a database in association with a target identifier for identifying the first sterilization target or a set including the first sterilization target; and generating means for generating statistical information regarding re-sterilization based on re-sterilization related information recorded in the past. The re-sterilization related information includes information indicating a cause of the re-sterilization.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a management system is operable to manage a workflow including a plurality of processes for executing predetermined processing on a processing target. The workflow includes a first process and a second process executed subsequently to the first process. The management system includes one or more processors and one or more memories storing one or more programs. The one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform generation processing in which information for determining a temporal transition of a number of processing targets for which the first process has been completed but the second process has not been started or completed is generated based on management information stored in one or more storage devices.

Abstract: A management system that manages a workflow relating to sterilization of a sterilization target is provided. The workflow includes a plurality of stages including a packaging stage in which a set is formed by packaging one or more of the sterilization targets and a first indicator, and the first indicator includes a discoloration area whose color changes according to an achievement degree of a sterilization process. The management system includes: management means for managing management information of the workflow including sterilization related information of the set, wherein the sterilization related information of the set includes a determination result of the achievement degree, and notification means for performing a notification that work related to the workflow is not in a predetermined state, or a notification for preventing work related to the workflow from entering a predetermined state.

Abstract: A management system that manages records of sterilization processes performed by a sterilization processing apparatus on a set including one or more sterilization targets and a first indicator including a discoloration area whose color changes according to an achievement degree of a sterilization process is provided. The management system includes: retaining means for retaining sterilization record information including the achievement degree of the sterilization process determined based on a color of the discoloration area of the first indicator of the set, and placement information regarding placement of the set to the sterilization processing apparatus, with respect to each sterilization process performed on the set; and generating means for generating information for determining a relationship between the placement information and the achievement degree of the sterilization process based on the sterilization record information.

Abstract: A management apparatus that manages records of a predetermined process carried out sing test paper, the test paper having a discoloration area that changes color in accordance with an achievement degree of the predetermined process, is presented. The management apparatus includes: holding means for holding, for each predetermined process, a record in which information that, indicates a date/time at which the predetermined process was carried out and a determination result of the predetermined process determined based on the color of the discoloration area of the test paper is recorded; and generating means for generating information for determining transition of quality of the predetermined process based on the information recorded in the records.

Abstract: A management apparatus that manages a record of a predetermined process carried out using test paper, which has identification information and a discoloration area, is provided. The apparatus includes: obtaining means for obtaining the identification information and a measurement result for the discoloration area, from a measurement apparatus; and recording means for determining a field to be recorded in a target record based on already-recorded fields in the target record which corresponds to the identification information, and recording information in the determined field. The record includes a first field in which the achievement degree of the predetermined process is recorded, and one or more second fields in which information is recorded earlier than a timing at which the achievement degree of the predetermined process is recorded in the first field.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus is configured to interlock a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism such that the second transmission mechanism switches a rotational driving direction of a reverse rotary member between a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction with a delay with respect to the first transmission mechanism starting transmission of a rotational driving force such that a guide member pivots between a first pivot position and a second pivot position.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position.

Abstract: A discharge unit discharges a sheet having an image thereon. A switching unit switches between stacking the sheet discharged from the discharge unit on a stacking unit or conveying the sheet from the discharge unit toward an image reading apparatus. A conveyance unit conveys the sheet conveyed via the switching unit to a reading unit. A cooling unit cools the sheet discharged from the discharge unit or cools the reading unit.

Abstract: A sheet-conveying device includes first, second, and third rotary members, and a switching unit. The first rotary member rotates in one direction to convey, with the second rotary member, a sheet in a first direction and to convey, with the third rotary member, the sheet in a second direction. The switching unit switch from a first to a second state by moving the first rotary member before a trailing end of the first direction conveyed sheet passes through the first and second rotary members. The first state is a state where the second rotary member contacts a first surface of the sheet and the first rotary member contacts a second surface of the sheet. The second state is a state where the first rotary member contacts with the first surface of the sheet and the third rotary member contacts the second surface of the sheet.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes first, second, and third rotating members, a switching unit, and a regulating member. The first rotating member rotates in one direction to convey, with the second rotating member, a sheet in a first direction and convey, with the third rotating member, the sheet in a second direction different from the first direction. The switching unit switches the first rotating member between first and second positions. The first position is a position in which the first rotating member coveys a sheet with the second or third rotating member. The second position is a position to which the first rotating member is retracted from the first position. Where the first rotating member moves from the first position, the regulating member regulates the sheet position so that a sheet rear end held by the second and third rotating members is positioned above a first rotating member moving trajectory.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member to convey a sheet in a first direction upon the first rotating member rotating, a third rotating member to convey the sheet in a second direction upon the first rotating member rotating, and a switching unit. The switching unit switches a position of the first rotating member between a first position at which the first and second or first and third rotating members convey the sheet, and a second position at which the first rotating member is retracted. Before a rear end of the sheet has been conveyed by the first rotating member and the second rotating member, the switching unit moves the first rotating member from the first position towards the second position. The switching unit stops a movement of the first rotating member at a position between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A biological information measurement apparatus comprises: a spectrometer; a housing that contains the spectrometer and includes a surface on which a measurement target is to be placed, and an aperture portion through which light illuminating the measurement target placed on the surface and light reflected from the measurement target are to pass; and a shutter member that can move between a first position of opposing the aperture portion of the housing and a second position of retreating from the first position of opposing the aperture portion, the shutter member including a white reference surface. If the shutter member is at the first position, the spectrometer performs calibration using the white reference surface. If the shutter member is at the second position, the aperture portion and the measurement target oppose each other, and the spectrometer colorimetrically measures the measurement target.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a discharging portion to discharge a sheet on which the image has been formed, an image reading portion to read the image formed on the sheet, and a switching portion to switch between a first position where the discharged sheet is conveyed to a supporting portion and a second position where the discharged sheet is conveyed toward the image reading portion. The sheet conveyed toward the image reading portion is conveyed to a reading position after conveyance of the sheet by the discharging portion is finished, and the control portion conveys the sheet at a first conveyance speed in a period before a trailing end of the sheet is released from the discharging portion and conveys the sheet at a second conveyance speed different from the first conveyance speed in a period after the trailing end of the sheet is released from the discharging portion.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus is configured to interlock a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism such that the second transmission mechanism switches a rotational driving direction of a reverse rotary member between a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction with a delay with respect to the first transmission mechanism starting transmission of a rotational driving force such that a guide member pivots between a first pivot position and a second pivot position.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes first, second, and third rotating members, a switching unit, and a regulating member. The first rotating member rotates in one direction to convey, with the second rotating member, a sheet in a first direction and convey, with the third rotating member, the sheet in a second direction different from the first direction. The switching unit switches the first rotating member between first and second positions. The first position is a position in which the first rotating member coveys a sheet with the second or third rotating member. The second position is a position to which the first rotating member is retracted from the first position. Where the first rotating member moves from the first position, the regulating member regulates the sheet position so that a sheet rear end held by the second and third rotating members is positioned above a first rotating member moving trajectory.