Abstract: A urinary incontinence treatment device includes: a sensor for detecting urination; stimulation pads configured to apply a stimulus to a wearer; and a mechanical member including a stimulus generation unit for generating a signal for causing the stimulation pads to apply the stimulus to the wearer and a control unit for controlling the stimulus generation unit to generate the signal in response to urination detection by the sensor. The stimulation pads include a first pair of stimulation pads and a second pair of stimulation pads. The stimulus generation unit supplies electrical signals having different frequencies. The first pair of stimulation pads and the second pair of stimulation pads are arranged such that an electrical signal applied from the first pair of stimulation pads and an electrical signal applied from the second pair of stimulation pads intersect each other in the wearer's body and a resulting interference wave reaches the bladder.

Abstract: A medical image guidance marker to be placed in a biological tissue for tomographic image guidance, wherein the medical image guidance marker is made of an alloy with a magnetic susceptibility of ?13 ppm to ?5 ppm and has a shape of a coil, the coil is formed of a wire with a wire diameter of not less than 0.15 mm and not more than 0.45 mm and has a coil diameter of not less than 0.55 mm and not more than 1.20 mm, and the pitch of the coil is not less than 0.3 mm and not more than 1.5 mm and is not less than 1.8 times and not more than 4 times the wire diameter.

Abstract: A cell detection device detects a cell image in image data obtained by capturing an image of a slide sample prepared on the basis of liquid in which cells are dispersed. The cell detection device includes: an image data acquisition section that acquires a plurality of pieces of the image data that are different from each other in terms of resolution; a first detection section that detects a candidate region of the cell image in first image data; an identification section that identifies a region for the candidate region that is in second image data having higher resolution than the first image data; and a second detection section that detects the cell image from the region in the second image data. As a result, a cell contained in liquid excreted from a human body can be accurately and efficiently diagnosed.

Abstract: A urinary incontinence treatment device includes: a sensor for detecting urination; stimulation pads configured to apply a stimulus to a wearer; and a mechanical member including a stimulus generation unit for generating a signal for causing the stimulation pads to apply the stimulus to the wearer and a control unit for controlling the stimulus generation unit to generate the signal in response to urination detection by the sensor. The stimulation pads include a first pair of stimulation pads and a second pair of stimulation pads. The stimulus generation unit supplies electrical signals having different frequencies. The first pair of stimulation pads and the second pair of stimulation pads are arranged such that an electrical signal applied from the first pair of stimulation pads and an electrical signal applied from the second pair of stimulation pads intersect each other in the wearer's body and a resulting interference wave reaches the bladder.

Abstract: A tissue dividing jig includes a tissue dividing base; and a cutting blade set provided with a cutting blade member and a guide portion, the tissue dividing base and the cutting blade set have a positioning mechanism that fixes their positions mutually, the cutting blade member is provided with a cutting blade extending in a longitudinal direction of the tissue placement portion, the guide portion guides the cutting blade member to move the cutting blade member to a fixed position on the tissue dividing base, and the cutting blade is disposed such that when the cutting blade set is disposed at a predetermined position on the tissue dividing base by the positioning mechanism and the cutting blade member is moved using the guide portion, the cutting blade divides the needle biopsy tissue on the tissue placement portion in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medical image guidance marker to be placed in a body, adapted to be applicable to at least all three types of imaging modalities, namely, MRI, ultrasound, and CT, and to minimize the occurrence of artifacts. The present invention provides a medical image guidance marker to be placed in a body. The medical image guidance marker is made of an alloy with a magnetic susceptibility in the range from ?13 ppm to ?5 ppm and has a shape of a coil. The coil is formed of a wire with a wire diameter of not less than 0.15 mm and not more than 0.45 mm and has a coil diameter of not less than 0.55 mm and not more than 1.20 mm, and the pitch of the coil is not less than 0.3 mm and not more than 1.5 mm and is not less than 1.8 times and not more than 4 times the wire diameter.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for preparing urothelial cells that can be applied to the treatments of urologic diseases, particularly, diseases caused by urothelial cell damage, diseases caused by loss of urothelial cells and dysfunction, and the like, urothelial cells prepared by said method, and a medium for inducing (generating) urothelial cells. Urothelial cells prepared by a method for inducing a urothelial cell, including a step of introducing at least one member selected from the group consisting of FOXA1 (Forkhead box A1) gene or an expression product thereof, TP63 (tumor protein P63) gene or an expression product thereof, MYCL (L-Myc) gene or an expression product thereof, and KLF4 (Kruppel-like factor 4) gene or an expression product thereof to a mammalian somatic cell as an exogeneous factor can be applied to the treatment of urologic diseases.

Abstract: A tissue dividing jig includes a tissue dividing base; and a cutting blade set provided with a cutting blade member and a guide portion, the tissue dividing base and the cutting blade set have a positioning mechanism that fixes their positions mutually, the cutting blade member is provided with a cutting blade extending in a longitudinal direction of the tissue placement portion, the guide portion guides the cutting blade member to move the cutting blade member to a fixed position on the tissue dividing base, and the cutting blade is disposed such that when the cutting blade set is disposed at a predetermined position on the tissue dividing base by the positioning mechanism and the cutting blade member is moved using the guide portion, the cutting blade divides the needle biopsy tissue on the tissue placement portion in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: An automatic real-time display system of the orientation and location of an ultrasound tomogram in a three-dimensional organ model based on the tracking of free-hand manipulation of an ultrasound probe having an AHRS sensor to acquire an entire three-dimensional volume data of an organ and real-time display to visualize the orientation and location of the ultrasound tomogram in three dimensions.