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: 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: 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 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.

Abstract: To provide a medical energy irradiation apparatus which permits easy and accurate establishment of a site of tissues of a living body targeted for irradiation with energy, when doctors use the medical energy irradiation apparatus to perform a cure for a prostatic hyperplasia or the like. The doctors insert an applicator 110 of the medical energy irradiation apparatus to an urinary bladder 161 and fix an endoscope 135 near to an entrance of an urethra. In this arrangement, when observing with the endoscope (135), a seminal colliculas 144 observed through a side-observation window 130 is observed toward a lower part of an observed image (schematic diagram) displayed on a display unit, and a positioning marker 140 in an interior of the applicator is observed toward an upper part of an observed image.

Abstract: To provide a medical energy irradiation apparatus which, having a simple and inexpensively manufacturable structure, enables a doctor using it in the heat curing of prostatic hypertrophy or the like to accurately and stably irradiate a prescribed site deep in a living body with a laser beam and, even if its observation window is smeared, to observe tissues of a living body. An inserting portion of the medical energy irradiation apparatus to be inserted into a living body according to the invention has an emitting portion for emitting a laser beam toward tissues of the living body; an observation window, provided near the tip of the inserting portion in its inserting direction, for observing the tissues of the living body; and a hollow pipe for supporting a supporting member, which supports the emitting portion, shiftably in the lengthwise directions of the inserting portion and feeding detergent to the observation window.

Abstract: An energy treatment apparatus adapted to irradiate a target site of living body tissue with energy comprises an energy emission unit for emitting the energy and a reflection device disposed at a position opposite to the energy emission unit to reflect energy emitted from the energy emission unit toward the target site. The energy emission unit can be controlled so that the emitted energy and the reflected energy are superposed on one another at the target site. The energy emission unit can include several energy emission units which emit different frequency energy. The energy emission unit can also be configured to emit energy toward the target site along different routes.

Abstract: A living body lumen washing apparatus includes a catheter body adapted to be inserted into a living body lumen, and a device for generating liquid pressure in the living body lumen to remove lipid encapsulated in the lumen wall.