Abstract: An imaging module includes: an electrical cable; an imaging device; and a flexible wiring board with wirings electrically connecting the imaging device with the electrical cable. The flexible wiring board includes: a device mounting portion on which the imaging device is mounted, and one end of the device mounting portion in a longitudinal direction has a bent portion; and a rear portion that bends and extends from the bent portion to a side opposite the imaging device. The device mounting portion has a mounting surface intersecting an axial direction of a distal end of the electrical cable, and the imaging device is mounted on the mounting surface, and the wirings extend from the mounting surface, pass through the bent portion, and connect with the electrical cable at the rear portion.

Abstract: Ocular lenses having UV absorbing properties are disclosed. The ocular lens comprises a hydrogel polymer comprising polymerised residues derived from a polymerisable UV absorber of formula (I): U-L-Py??(I) wherein: U is a UV absorbing moiety; L is a hydrophilic non-polyalkylene glycol linker comprising an anionic, a zwitterionic or a saccharide moiety; and Py is an ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable moiety.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrogel having a favorable shape stability not only after releasing an anionic drug contained but also in the process of releasing such an anionic drug, compared with the conventional techniques; and an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device obtained by applying the hydrogel. The objective can be achieved by an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device comprising: (1) an anionic drug; and (2) a copolymer which comprises a cationic monomer and a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the cationic monomer, wherein the cationic monomer comprises, as a structural component, a condensation product of (meth)acrylic acid with an aminoalkyl quaternary ammonium compound having a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a salt of the condensation product; and the like.

Abstract: An endoscope hood having excellent antifogging properties and antifouling properties. The endoscope hood is configured to be mounted on an insertion side end of an endoscope. The endoscope hood comprises a cylindrical exterior portion and a disc portion provided in contact with an inner surface of the exterior portion. The exterior portion and the disc portion are formed integrally or separately. At least the disc portion is made of a hydrogel.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes: a solid-state imager including an imaging surface disposed on a front surface of the solid-state imager and electrode pads disposed separately from each other on a rear surface of the solid-state imager that is opposite to the front surface; and a coaxial cable electrically connected to the electrode pads on the rear surface of the solid-state imager. The coaxial cable includes: an inner coated wire including an internal conductor that includes a plurality of element wires and an inner insulating layer that coats a surrounding circumference of the internal conductor; an external conductor including a plurality of element wires that surround the inner coated wire; and an outer insulating layer that coats the external conductor.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer that is supported by a first main surface and a second main surface. The first main surface includes a first exposed section on which the positive electrode active material layer is not arranged. A positive electrode lead is connected to the first exposed section and includes an extension section and an overlapping section. At least a portion of the first exposed section, along with at least a portion of the overlapping section, is covered with a positive electrode insulating tape which has a base, a first layer that adheres to the first exposed section and to the overlapping section, and a second layer interposed between the base and the first layer; and the second layer expands when heated above a threshold.

Abstract: A three-dimensional wiring substrate includes: a front plate having an electrode pad electrically connected to a solid-state image sensing device; a rear plate protruding toward a rear side of the front plate from an outer peripheral portion of a rear surface of the front plate; an internal conductor connection pad which is disposed on the rear surface and to which an internal conductor of a coaxial cable is electrically connected; an external conductor connection pad which is disposed on a connection-side main surface which is a surface on an opening angle side of the rear plate with respect to the rear surface and to which an external conductor of the coaxial cable is electrically connected; and an inter-pad connection wiring that secures at least one of electrical continuity of the internal conductor connection pad and electrical continuity of the external conductor connection pad.

Abstract: An imaging module of the invention includes: an image-sensing device that has a light-receiving face, a terminal surface located on an opposite side of the light-receiving face, and a plurality of image-sensing terminals provided on the terminal surface; a support that has a first end disposed on the terminal surface, a second end disposed on an opposite side of the first end, a side face disposed between the first end and the second end, and a guide disposed on the side face so as to correspond to positions of the image-sensing terminals and that is formed of an insulator; a coaxial cable including a conductor disposed on the guide; and solder that electrically connects the conductor to an image-sensing terminal corresponding to the conductor on the guide.

Abstract: An imaging module includes: an object lens; an image-sensing device; a holder that holds the object lens and the image-sensing device, the holder having a butt-contact portion with which the object lens is able to be brought into contact from an object side; and an aperture stop arranged closer to the object than the butt-contact portion, wherein an area that is to be light-shielded by an outer-periphery of the aperture stop is larger than an internal diameter of the butt-contact portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens unit having a cover member which does not cause deviation in precision and capable of being manufactured efficiently at low cost. In a lens unit 10A, side surfaces of a cover member 14a continuing from a front end surface 29 to a rear end surface located at a lens side are formed in a regular quadrangular prism, at least two of corners of the regular quadrangular prism are in contact with an inner peripheral surface 27 of a housing space 17 of a holder 11a for housing the cover member 14a, a gap 34 is formed between each of the side surfaces of the cover member 14a and the inner peripheral surface 27 of the holder 11a, and an effective area of a light beam is located inside a light receiving area having a regular quadrangular shape surrounded by an outer peripheral edge of the front end surface 29 of the cover member 14a.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polymer gel that can increase drug content ratio and reduce undesirable influence on gel strength and shape stability after the drug release, compared with the conventional techniques. The purpose can be achieved by an anionic drug-containing medical device comprising: (1) an anionic drug; and (2) a copolymer which contains, as constituents, a cationic monomer comprising a condensation product of an alkyl quaternary ammonium compound having a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group and (meth)acrylic acid or a salt of the condensation product and a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the condensation product or the salt of the condensation product.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode body formed by layering a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator therebetween, an electrolyte, and insulating tape adhered to at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The insulating tape includes a base layer formed of an insulating organic material, an adhesive layer, and a porous layer that is interposed between the base layer and the adhesive layer and that has a pore that an electrolytic solution is allowed to enter.

Abstract: A three-dimensional wiring substrate includes: a front plate having an electrode pad electrically connected to a solid-state image sensing device; a rear plate protruding toward a rear side of the front plate from an outer peripheral portion of a rear surface of the front plate; an internal conductor connection pad which is disposed on the rear surface and to which an internal conductor of a coaxial cable is electrically connected; an external conductor connection pad which is disposed on a connection-side main surface which is a surface on an opening angle side of the rear plate with respect to the rear surface and to which an external conductor of the coaxial cable is electrically connected; and an inter-pad connection wiring that secures at least one of electrical continuity of the internal conductor connection pad and electrical continuity of the external conductor connection pad.

Abstract: An imaging module of the invention includes: an image-sensing device that has a light-receiving face, a terminal surface located on an opposite side of the light-receiving face, and a plurality of image-sensing terminals provided on the terminal surface; a support that has a first end disposed on the terminal surface, a second end disposed on an opposite side of the first end, a side face disposed between the first end and the second end, and a guide disposed on the side face so as to correspond to positions of the image-sensing terminals and that is formed of an insulator; a coaxial cable including a conductor disposed on the guide; and solder that electrically connects the conductor to an image-sensing terminal corresponding to the conductor on the guide.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes: a solid-state imager including an imaging surface disposed on a front surface of the solid-state imager and electrode pads disposed separately from each other on a rear surface of the solid-state imager that is opposite to the front surface; and a coaxial cable electrically connected to the electrode pads on the rear surface of the solid-state imager. The coaxial cable includes: an inner coated wire including an internal conductor that includes a plurality of element wires and an inner insulating layer that coats a surrounding circumference of the internal conductor; an external conductor including a plurality of element wires that surround the inner coated wire; and an outer insulating layer that coats the external conductor.