Abstract: Disclosed is a stent device including: a stent formed in a cylindrical shape by weaving a wire; and a cover formed by overlapping an inside cover disposed on an inside of the stent and an outside cover disposed on an outside of the stent, wherein the cover has a fixation portion at which the inside cover and the outside cover are fixed to each other, and an accommodation portion which is formed by the inside cover and the outside cover and accommodates the wire, and wherein the accommodation portion has a normal accommodation portion and an expanded accommodation portion that is wider than the normal accommodation portion in a radial direction.

Abstract: An oil-resistant agent composition which contains (1) a hydrocarbon group-containing polymer and (2) an amphoteric polyacrylamide polymer, and which is capable of imparting paper with excellent oil resistance. The hydrocarbon group-containing polymer has (a) a repeating unit that is formed from an acrylic monomer which has a long-chain hydrocarbon group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms and (b) a repeating unit that is formed from an acrylic monomer which has a hydrophilic group. Preferably, the oil-resistant agent composition additionally contains an anionic polyacrylamide polymer. Also disclosed is an oil-resistant agent kit including a liquid containing the oi-resistant agent composition, a method for producing oil-resistant paper which includes adding the oil-resistant agent composition to a paper constituent material, pulp or pulp slurry, as well as an oil-resistant paper.

Abstract: A paper oil-resistant agent composition containing a hydrocarbon group-containing polymer having a repeating unit formed from a monomer having a hydrocarbon group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms and an NH group-containing group in an amount of 80% by weight or more based on the polymer. Also disclosed is an oil-resistant paper to which the hydrocarbon group-containing polymer in the paper oil-resistant agent composition adheres, a method for producing paper which includes treating paper with the paper oil-resistant composition, and a method for producing molded pulp which includes filling a mold with the paper oil-resistant agent composition and a pulp slurry, and molding the pulp.

Abstract: A collation section (14) extracts a difference between two pieces of operation setting data which are pieces of data each of which is for setting operation in a device, and generates difference information indicating the extracted difference, before a user requests. A collation result management section (15) stores in a storage device (150), the difference information generated by the collation section (14). A display section (16) acquires the difference information from the storage device (150) and outputs the acquired difference information to a display device when the user requests.

Abstract: A tubular stent formed of at least one wire includes proximal and distal ends and an intermediate part that includes annular windings extending in a circumferential direction around a longitudinal axis of the stent and arranged in a direction along the longitudinal axis. Each of the windings has hill-shaped sections bent toward the proximal end and valley-shaped sections bent toward the distal end, alternately arranged in the circumferential direction. All sections form intersections helically arranged around the longitudinal axis. The hill-shaped sections of one of the windings and the valley-shaped sections of the neighboring winding overlap each other at the intersections in a radial direction of the stent. Distances in the direction of the longitudinal axis between the hill-shaped and the valley-shaped sections of a first winding forming at least one of the proximal and distal ends are different from each other in a circumferential direction of the stent.

Abstract: An implant for efficient and gentle treatment of the urinary tract. This is achieved in that an implant has a pressure means structure, which is constructed from at least two pressure means. These pressure means are of rod-like design and exert a local ischemic pressure on the tissue of the urethra. In addition, the pressure means are secured with their distal ends on a common distal connecting body and with their proximal ends on a common proximal connecting body, wherein the distal connecting body is secured in a fixed manner to a tightening means and the proximal connecting body is movably mounted on the tightening means.