Abstract: A steering device includes a pipe, a housing, a telescopic mechanism, and a load absorbing mechanism. The load absorbing mechanism includes an extending portion provided in the telescopic mechanism and extending in a front-rear direction, a first sliding portion provided on a first side in the left-right direction with respect to the extending portion, and a second sliding portion provided on a second side in the left-right direction with respect to the extending portion. The sliding portion includes a front pressing portion that comes into contact with a side surface of the extending portion, and a rear pressing portion provided behind the front pressing portion, and in which a distance in the left-right direction between the rear pressing portion and the other sliding portion facing the one sliding portion across the extending portion is shorter than a distance in the left-right direction between the front pressing portion and the other sliding portion.

Abstract: Provided is a blood diagnosis method and a dialysis machine, using a diagnostic marker which is versatile and which can contribute to the improvements in dialysis treatment and the evaluation of clinical effects, the method including a step for collecting a blood sample from a dialysis patient before and after dialysis; and a step for making a diagnosis regarding the collected blood sample based on a biomarker, wherein the biomarker is identified in advance based on the correlation between the urea clear space (CS) or the cellular membrane clearance (Kc) and profiles of mRNA or proteins.