Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide further assistance in addition to assistance by tactile force transmission. An information presentation system includes a master device to which an operation by an operator is input and a slave device that operates in accordance with the operation input to the master device. Furthermore, the information presentation system includes a tactile force transmission unit, a calculation unit, and a presentation unit. The tactile force transmission unit controls tactile force transmission in the master device and the slave device. The calculation unit calculates physical characteristics of a substance in contact with the slave device on the basis of an external force input from the environment to the slave device while the slave device maintains a predetermined motion state. The presentation unit presents the physical characteristics of the substance calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: A scanner include a scan section configured to intermittently move and perform an intermittent scan, a stop-state analyzing section configured to compare a stop-time image obtained by a scan of an identification pattern on a medium in a stop position where the movement of the scan section temporarily stops and scan results before and after the stop and determine, based on a comparison result, whether the medium moved, and a scan control section configured to cause the scan section to suspend the temporarily-stopped intermittent scan when the medium moved and cause the scan section to continue the temporarily-stopped intermittent scan when the medium did not move.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make control for friction compensation executed in a master-slave system more appropriate. A control system includes a master device, a slave device, and a control device. Furthermore, the control device includes a friction compensation control unit and a tactile force transmission unit. The friction compensation control unit calculates a force for assisting an operation in the master device with respect to friction generated in the slave device on the basis of a moving average of velocity of a movable portion in the slave device. The tactile force transmission unit assists the operation in the master device with a force calculated by the friction compensation control unit and controls tactile force transmission in the master device and the slave device.

Abstract: A control system includes a master device, a slave device, and a control device. Furthermore, the control device includes a tactile force transmission unit and a mode setting unit. The tactile force transmission unit controls tactile force transmission in the master device and the slave device. The mode setting unit changes an amplification factor of force transmitted from the slave device to the master device in a specific section in which a moving element of the slave device moves on the basis of a physical quantity in the moving element of the slave device.

Abstract: An aspiration device for aspirating an object in a blood vessel, includes a pump connectable to an aspiration catheter and capable of applying a negative pressure to the aspiration catheter, and a controller configured to: acquire a length of an abnormal part of the blood vessel in which the object exists and an occlusion rate of the abnormal part, select either a first aspiration mode in which the pressure applied to the aspiration catheter is maintained at a certain level or a second aspiration mode in which the pressure is varied, and control the pump to apply the pressure according to the selected aspiration mode.

Abstract: A medical device drive apparatus for inserting an elongated medical device into a blood vessel includes a sub-drive unit that enables fine movement of the elongated medical device and a main drive unit that enables long distance movement of the elongated medical device, in which the sub-drive unit includes a sub-drive unit body and a sub-movable portion movable with respect to the sub-drive unit body, and information on minute force applied to the elongated medical device is calculated based on information on acceleration of the sub-movable portion.

Abstract: A pulmonary function measurement device, a pulmonary function measurement method, and a pulmonary function measurement program are provided which are non-invasive and can operate with a reduced burden on a measurement subject. The pulmonary function measurement device for measuring data for evaluating a pulmonary function includes a sound output unit that is capable of being fixed to a part of a body surface near ribs, and outputs a sound toward the ribs; a sound detection unit that is capable of being fixed to a part of a body surface near the ribs toward which the sound is to be output, and detects a sound that is transmitted from the sound output unit through the ribs; and an attenuation calculation unit that calculates an acoustic attenuation from information on the sound output by the sound output unit and the sound detected by the sound detection unit.

Abstract: A cardiac function measuring apparatus, a cardiac function measuring method, and a cardiac function measuring program capable of monitoring cardiac functions are disclosed. The cardiac function measuring apparatus for measuring data for evaluating cardiac functions includes an irradiation unit for irradiating a jugular with light, an imaging unit configured to acquire image data of the jugular, and a vein discriminating part configured to discriminate a shape of the jugular vein in the acquired image data and to calculate a shape complexity level indicating complexity in the shape of the jugular.

Abstract: Provided is a mounting tool that is capable of executing measurement processing of impedance of a living body by applying a current to the living body and that is capable of being mounted on a user, the mounting tool including: three or more electrodes; a body shape estimation unit configured to estimate a body shape of the user mounted with the mounting tool; and a control unit configured to determine a combination of electrodes to be used for measuring the impedance of the living body among the three or more electrodes based on the body shape of the user estimated by the body shape estimation unit.

Abstract: A measurement device capable of executing measurement processing of impedance of a living body by applying a current to the living body includes three or more electrodes; and a control unit configured to control application of a current, in which the control unit measures the impedance of the living body when a current is applied to the living body for a predetermined plurality of combinations of electrodes constituted by a plurality of electrodes selected from the three or more electrodes, and determines one combination to be used for the measurement processing of impedance of the living body among the predetermined plurality of combinations based on the measured impedance.

Abstract: A pulmonary function measurement device, a pulmonary function measurement method, and a pulmonary function measurement program are disclosed. The pulmonary function measurement device for measuring data for evaluating a pulmonary function includes a sound output unit configured to be fixed to a body surface on one of front and rear sides of a lung, and outputs a sound toward the lung; a sound detection unit configured to be fixed to a body surface on one of the front and rear sides of the lung different from the side on which the sound output unit is to be fixed, and detects the sound from the sound output unit; a measurement unit configured to calculate a transmission time from when the sound output unit outputs the sound to when the sound detection unit detects the sound; and a variation calculation configured to calculate the amount of variation in the transmission time.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus capable of measuring the amount of edema of an ankle includes a sensor that has a sheet shape and freely expands and contracts in one direction that intersects a thickness direction and is capable of detecting change in an electrical characteristic in association with expansion or contraction, and a support member that is attached to both end portions and in the expansion-contraction direction in the sensor and surrounds the ankle together with the sensor in a mounted state in which the measurement apparatus is mounted on the ankle.

Abstract: A diagnostic assistance system is disclosed for assisting in diagnosis of heart failure, the diagnostic assistance system including a data obtaining section configured to obtain measurement data on an amount of congestion in at least a part of a body of a patient and measurement data on a parameter related to a blood flow rate of the patient, and a display control section configured to display, on a display unit, a graph in which a first axis indicates the amount of congestion and a second axis indicates the parameter related to the blood flow rate. The display control section is configured to display, in the graph, a point corresponding to the measurement data on the amount of congestion and the measurement data on the parameter related to the blood flow rate.

Abstract: An assisting system for assisting in predicting the exacerbation of a heart failure, including: a data acquiring section configured to acquire chronological data of amounts of congestion in at least a portion of the body of a patient and chronological data of a blood flow rate in a limb of the patient; an assessing section configured to chronically calculate an overall assessment value depending on the levels of the amounts of congestion and the blood flow rate in the limb, using the chronological data of the amounts of congestion and the chronological data of the blood flow rate; and a predicting section configured to predict a transition of the overall assessment value using the chronologically calculated overall assessment value.

Abstract: A medical device drive apparatus for inserting an elongated medical device into a blood vessel includes a sub-drive unit that enables fine movement of the elongated medical device and a main drive unit that enables long distance movement of the elongated medical device, in which the sub-drive unit includes a sub-drive unit body and a sub-movable portion movable with respect to the sub-drive unit body, and information on minute force applied to the elongated medical device is calculated based on information on acceleration of the sub-movable portion.

Abstract: A pulmonary function measurement device, a pulmonary function measurement method, and a pulmonary function measurement program are provided which are non-invasive and can operate with a reduced burden on a measurement subject. The pulmonary function measurement device for measuring data for evaluating a pulmonary function includes a sound output unit that is capable of being fixed to a part of a body surface near ribs, and outputs a sound toward the ribs; a sound detection unit that is capable of being fixed to a part of a body surface near the ribs toward which the sound is to be output, and detects a sound that is transmitted from the sound output unit through the ribs; and an attenuation calculation unit that calculates an acoustic attenuation from information on the sound output by the sound output unit and the sound detected by the sound detection unit.

Abstract: A pulmonary function measurement device, a pulmonary function measurement method, and a pulmonary function measurement program are disclosed. The pulmonary function measurement device for measuring data for evaluating a pulmonary function includes a sound output unit configured to be fixed to a body surface on one of front and rear sides of a lung, and outputs a sound toward the lung; a sound detection unit configured to be fixed to a body surface on one of the front and rear sides of the lung different from the side on which the sound output unit is to be fixed, and detects the sound from the sound output unit; a measurement unit configured to calculate a transmission time from when the sound output unit outputs the sound to when the sound detection unit detects the sound; and a variation calculation configured to calculate the amount of variation in the transmission time.

Abstract: A cardiac function measuring apparatus, a cardiac function measuring method, and a cardiac function measuring program capable of monitoring cardiac functions are disclosed. The cardiac function measuring apparatus for measuring data for evaluating cardiac functions includes an irradiation unit for irradiating a jugular with light, an imaging unit configured to acquire image data of the jugular, and a vein discriminating part configured to discriminate a shape of the jugular vein in the acquired image data and to calculate a shape complexity level indicating complexity in the shape of the jugular.

Abstract: To make it possible to clean the internal part of a living body and possibly also deliver a drug into the living body, a medical therapeutic apparatus includes a liquid discharge for discharging a liquid in a living body out of the living body and a liquid delivery for introducing a liquid into the living body. The liquid is delivered to a target region of the living body, and controller controls the delivery and discharge of the liquid.

Abstract: A positioning system for an applicator includes a glove for being used for a diagnosis of the affected part, a mark body provided on the glove, an applicator for being inserted into a living body, and an energy emitter provided on the applicator for supplying energy to the living body. The positioning system further includes a sensor provided on the applicator which is capable of detecting the distance to the mark body, a control apparatus for discriminating an optimum position of the applicator based on the distance between the sensor and the mark body while the mark body is disposed in the proximity of the affected part based on a diagnosis performed using the glove, and a display apparatus for displaying a result of the discrimination by the control apparatus.