Abstract: A highly safe biological adhesive sheet capable of exerting a strong adhesive force almost without requiring a pressing force when the biological adhesive sheet is attached to living tissue. The biological adhesive sheet includes a substrate in which a plurality of through-holes are formed; and an adhesive section in which a plurality of protrusions that protrude on one surface side of the substrate are formed, wherein the protrusions make contact with living tissue and are made to adhere to the living tissue by a Van der Waals' forces by drawing the living tissue from the other surface side of the substrate through the through-holes.

Abstract: A first heat medium is circulated in a first circulating path (engine cooling circuit) of a heat source (engine) to cool the heat source down by the first heat medium, and exhaust heat from the heat source is absorbed by the first heat medium. A second heat medium is circulated in a second circulating path (exhaust heat recovering circuit) to exchange heat of exhaust air with the second heat medium, and heat of the first heat medium is exchanged with the second heat medium circulating in the second circulation path. The heat of the second medium to which heat is applied due to these heat exchanges is stored in heat storage means (heat storage tank).

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is disclosed an image forming apparatus comprising a constitution driven/controlled independently for each recording head. The apparatus rewrites image data or parameters or changes a driving voltage at a desired timing, and realizes a uniform or appropriate density of an image formed by control of an ink spout amount based on a temperature detection signal of the recording head detected by a temperature detection unit disposed in each recording head. The apparatus is capable of remarkably narrowing a mutual conveying interval among a plurality of conveyed recording mediums.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for recording an image on a recording medium by jetting ink obtains information of a jetting amount of the ink, obtains information of a flying distance of the ink in the jetting the ink, estimates an occurrence amount of ink mist, which is caused inside the image recording apparatus by the jetting the ink, based on the information of the jetting amount and the information of the flying distance, and determines whether or not to clean the inside of the image recording apparatus based on the estimated occurrence amount of ink mist.

Abstract: A cutter blade is relatively moved along an outer periphery of a semiconductor wafer, and dust generated at a tape cutting site by the cutter blade and attached to an upper surface of the protective tape is collected with a dust collecting member which relatively moves with the cutter blade with respect to the semiconductor wafer, and the dust collected at a predetermined portion is suctioned and removed with a suction nozzle after the completion of tape cutting.

Abstract: A cooling plate having a cooling pipe mounted therein in a serpentine shape is placed in a stack manner on a rear face of a chuck table for suction-holding a rear face of the semiconductor wafer. A coolant is circulated through the cooling pipe, thereby cooling the chuck table. The semiconductor wafer is suction-held while the chuck table is cooled. In addition, the protective tape is joined to the semiconductor wafer while the chuck table is cooled. That is, the protective tape is joined to the surface of the semiconductor wafer while being cooled indirectly via the semiconductor wafer cooled in advance through direct contact to the chuck table during joining of the protective tape.

Abstract: A collection bobbin is provided on a vertical line that travels a center of a supply bobbin. A pair of connection mechanisms is provided at front both sides of a tape housing chamber. An adhesive tape transport carriage with connection portions at a forward end of a carriage frame is connected to the connection mechanisms in the apparatus body. Loading of a master roll of an adhesive tape to the supply bobbin and unloading of a roll of a residual cut tape may be performed at the same position.

Abstract: An adhesive tape is supplied to a back face side of a ring frame, joined to the ring frame with a joining roller, and cut by pivoting a cutter blade along the ring frame. Subsequently, an inspection ring of an inspecting mechanism perform suction on the adhesive tape while contacting the adhesive tape adjacent an inner periphery of the ring frame. Separation of the adhesive tape from the ring frame is determined based on variations of the suction pressure. When the separation of the adhesive tape from the ring frame is detected, the adhesive tape is joined again with the joining roller provided in the cutter mechanism.

Abstract: Provided herein is a drug delivery device and the method of us for the intraluminal controlled delivery of a biologically active agent comprising a dilating member comprising a proximal end and a distal end, and an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a part of the outer surface of the dilating member is coated with a gold surface layer; a biodegradable substrate comprising the biologically active agent, wherein the substrate is covalently bonded to the gold surface layer by a gold-sulfur (Au—S—) bond; an electrical lead having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the gold surface layer, wherein the electrical lead is configured to pass an electrical current to the gold surface layer; and wherein the controlled delivery and release of the sub strate comprising the biologically active agent is initiated by an electrical current reduction and cleavage of the Au—S bond.

Abstract: A tape level detecting device detects a level of a protective tape supplied above a holding table in a given position on a side where joining of the protective tape starts to control the level of the protective tape in the given position on the side where the joining starts in accordance with detected results on the level of the protective tape such that the detected level of the protective tape may fall within a reference range set in advance.

Abstract: A first heat medium is circulated in a first circulating path (engine cooling circuit) of a heat source (engine) to cool the heat source down by the first heat medium, and exhaust heat from the heat source is absorbed by the first heat medium. A second heat medium is circulated in a second circulating path (exhaust heat recovering circuit) to exchange heat of exhaust air with the second heat medium, and heat of the first heat medium is exchanged with the second heat medium circulating in the second circulation path. The heat of the second medium to which heat is applied due to these heat exchanges is stored in heat storage means (heat storage tank).

Abstract: An adhesive tape is supplied to a back face side of a ring frame, joined to the ring frame with a joining roller, and cut by pivoting a cutter blade along the ring frame. Subsequently, an inspection ring of an inspecting mechanism perform suction on the adhesive tape while contacting the adhesive tape adjacent an inner periphery of the ring frame. Separation of the adhesive tape from the ring frame is determined based on variations of the suction pressure. When the separation of the adhesive tape from the ring frame is detected, the adhesive tape is joined again with the joining roller provided in the cutter mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus of this invention includes: a workpiece holding mechanism that holds a ring frame and a wafer; a tape supplying device that supplies a continuous dicing tape or a continuous carrier tape to which a precut dicing tape is joined, to a joining position; a joining unit that joins the continuous dicing tape or the precut dicing tape separated from the carrier tape, to the ring frame and the semiconductor wafer; a tape cutting mechanism that cuts the dicing tape joined to the ring frame along a contour of the ring frame; and a residual tape collecting section that takes up and collects a residual tape after the cutting.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus having a plurality of stack units used for stacking recording media, comprising: a transport path changeover unit which transports the recording media to the plurality of stack units; an inversion unit which transports the recording medium by inverting it; and a recording face uniformity control unit which changes over the order between the front face and back face of a printed face on the basis of print job information from a host apparatus, wherein the recording face uniformity control unit changes over the order of the printed faces and also gives the inversion unit and transport path changeover unit respective instructions to invert the recording medium and to change over the transport path for the recording medium, thereby stacking the recording media in the plurality of stack units with the orientation of the recorded face of the recording media uniform in each respective stack unit.

Abstract: A cutter blade is relatively moved along an outer periphery of a semiconductor wafer, and dust generated at a tape cutting site by the cutter blade and attached to an upper surface of the protective tape is collected with a dust collecting member which relatively moves with the cutter blade with respect to the semiconductor wafer, and the dust collected at a predetermined portion is suctioned and removed with a suction nozzle after the completion of tape cutting.

Abstract: This invention provides a drug eluting stent system provided with a stent, which carries thereon a biologically/physiologically active substance, and a deoxidant within a package, and a manufacturing process of the drug eluting stent system. The drug eluting stent system has a substantially extended expiration date and permits a practical application.

Abstract: The invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising a recording unit in which at least two recording heads are disposed such that end portions of respective nozzle columns overlap each other in a recording medium conveying direction or such that the nozzle columns are located adjacent to each other at a predetermined interval, the image recording apparatus executing recording position recording medium width-direction moving processing for a detected deviation (lateral deviation amount) of a recording medium at both-lateral ends of the recording medium, image data distribution processing with a joint of the overlapping as a boundary, image-recording density-varying processing for the joint, and recording position recording medium conveying-direction moving processing in order to perform high quality image jointing processing, and an image recording method of the image recording apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus of this invention includes: a workpiece holding mechanism that holds a ring frame and a wafer; a tape supplying device that supplies a continuous dicing tape or a continuous carrier tape to which a precut dicing tape is joined, to a joining position; a joining unit that joins the continuous dicing tape or the precut dicing tape separated from the carrier tape, to the ring frame and the semiconductor wafer; a tape cutting mechanism that cuts the dicing tape joined to the ring frame along a contour of the ring frame; and a residual tape collecting section that takes up and collects a residual tape after the cutting.

Abstract: A stent to be implanted in a lumen in a living body comprises a stent main body, and a polymer layer provided on a surface of the stent main body, wherein the polymer layer comprises a first biologically/physiologically active substance, and nano- or micro-capsules composed of a first biodegradable polymer and comprising a second biologically/physically active substance therein, and the second biologically/physically active substance is released after the first biologically/physiologically active substance is released to the exterior of the stent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a miticide that brings about a significantly remarkable mite controlling effect over a long period of time. The miticide of the present invention contains (a) an acylacetonitrile compound represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 is —C(O)ZR2; R2 is a C1-6 alkyl, C1-4 haloalkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C2-4 alkynyl, (C1-6 alkoxy)C1-4 alkyl, (C1-4 alkylthio)C1-4 alkyl, or benzyl group; Z is an oxygen or sulfur atom; X and Y independently represent a halogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl or C1-4 haloalkyl group; m and n independently represent an integer from 1 to 3; and each m X's and each n Y's may be the same or different, and (b) chlorfenapyr.